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| Title | : | The Good Lieutenant: A Novel |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374164738 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
Others were soldiers in her platoon. Ultimately, as all these stories unravel, what is revealed is what happens when good intentions destroy, experience distorts, and survival becomes everything. An acclaimed American novelist with a keen eye for our biggest issues and themes turns his gaze to Iraq, with astonishing resultsThe Good Lieutenant literally starts with a bang as an operation led by Lieutenant Emma Fowler of the Twenty-seventh Infantry Battalion goes spectacularly wrong. Pulowski is another story entirely--Fowler and Pulowski had been lovers since they met at Fort Riley in Kansas.From this conflagration, The Good Lieutenant unspools backward in time as Fowler and her platoon are guided into disaster by suspicious informants and questionable intelligence, their very mission the result of a previous snafu in which a soldier had been kidnapped by insurgents. And then even further back, before things began to go so wrong, we see the backstory unfold from points of view that usually are not shown in war coverage--a female frontline officer, for one, but also jaded career soldiers and Iraqis both innocent and not so innocent. And the signals officer, Dixon Pulowski. Brilliantly told and expertly captured by a terrific writer at the top of his form, Whitney Terrell's The Good Lieutenant is a gripping, i
One job of the novelist is to use imagination to explain the interior lives of others and the infinite nuances of life. This is brilliant, bold, heartbreaking storytelling for material that demands nothing less.” Adam Johnson. Emma Fowler, who is present as her secret lover, Lt. Dixon Pulowski, is critically wounded in an explosion while attempting to recover the corpse of a kidnapped sergeant." - starred review Publishers Weekly "The Bush wars' best novel" - The Guardian 18 incredible Books you need to read this summer - Buzzfeed"One of the most unique a
katieJ said thinking about how nice it is that this book was written in reverse. This book tore me up! I'm over here having my morning tea on the coffeeshop patio, enjoying the last couple of chapters of this book, thinking about how nice it is that this book was written in reverse time. It was sweet to see how all these folks got started how the characters got to know each other before things got rough for them before they were deployed. I'm thinking about how sweet it is to see Pulowski and Fowler meeting each other's families, and then I read the epilogue. OH MY GOD!!After I finished the book, I couldn't think about anything for about t. This book really kept me on the edge of my DavisDad This book really kept me on the edge of my seat. Terrell is an outstanding writer. The main protagonist is a female lieutenant, and much of the novel explores the troubles of modern war in an age when so much of it is the business of management: managing blurry front lines, managing complex and deeply troubled boundaries between the enemy and the ally, managing narratives that leave clean stories about accountability and death, managing relations between people whose personal life histories are never left behind when entering combat and indeed influence outcom. "Not just for those with a military interest" according to Stephanie K.. Stick with this one. It is worth the effort. I got a little lost the first time in and had to retread the first two chapters. Then it clicked and I was hooked. Emma Fowler's efforts to be a "good lieutenant," her insecurities, the lessons she learns, and even her persistent hesitance to acknowledge her own inner strength, worth and capabilities are grippingly familiar.The insights that this novel explores extend beyond the context of a female Army lieutenant. They are equally applicable to SO many women who are still trying to find our way in any predominantly
He is the recipient of a James A. He teaches creative writing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and lives nearby with his family. . He was an embedded reporter in Iraq during 2006 and 2010 and covered the war for the Washington Post Magazine, Slate, and NPR. His nonfiction has additionally appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, The New York Observer, The Kansas City Star, and other publications. Whitney Terrell is the auth
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