Patrick Hennessey is a graduate in his 20s. He reads Graham Greene, listens to early-90s house on his iPod and watches Vietnam movies. He has also, as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, fought in some of the most violent combat the British army has seen in a generation.
This is the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan. Showing war in all its terror, boredom and exhilaration, The Junior Officers’ Reading Club is already being hailed as a modern classic.
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This book is reviewed on the Channel 4 TV book club series. The interview with the author on this show was very interesting. I am certainly looking forward to reading this book, and getting an insight into the war in Afganistan from an insiders point of view.
ReplyDeleteI watched the review on the Channel 4 TV book club series and noted that most women said it's not a book they would have chosen but were glad they had read it nonetheless. It's definitely not one I would have chosen, however I hope I end up concurring with the women from the show...I have my father, an avid reader of all war fiction and non fiction, so his view will be interesting...
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