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Zusatztext "Like...David O. Russell's film THREE KINGS! Nicholas Kulish...brings home both the terror and the absurdity of combat..." Informationen zum Autor In 2003, Nicholas Kulish was embedded with a Marine attack-helicopter squadron for the Wall Street Journal . He is an editorial writer at the New York Times and has also written for the Washington Post , Washington Monthly , and ESPN magazine. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Jimmy Stephens makes the worst mistake of his career as a gossip columnist when he wrongly accuses a big star of cheating on his wife. With lawsuits pending, Jimmy's imperious new editor blackmails him into taking the place of the paper's injured front-line war correspondent. Shipped off to the desert and embedded with a group of foulmouthed but fraternal Marines, Jimmy provides a bewildered but unfiltered view of the invasion of Iraq that is alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heartbreaking. Zusammenfassung Jimmy Stephens makes the worst mistake of his career as a gossip columnist when he wrongly accuses a big star of cheating on his wife. With lawsuits pending! Jimmy's imperious new editor blackmails him into taking the place of the paper's injured front-line war correspondent. Shipped off to the desert and embedded with a group of foulmouthed but fraternal Marines! Jimmy provides a bewildered but unfiltered view of the invasion of Iraq that is alternately hair-raising! hilarious! and heartbreaking.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Kulish
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2007
• EAN: 9780061189395
• ISBN: 978-0-06-118939-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Thrillers / Military, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / Military, fiction;gift;best;stuffer;novel;club;2006;2007;2008, fiction;2006;2007;2008