Posts tagged ‘thin red line’
Ben Fountain’s BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK
This is totally engrossing and full of both bitterness and empathy. It is what a great war novel should be: angry, absurd, compassionate and bewildering. It will make you question the how and the why of war, as it should, and is sure to cause a lot of debate.
James Webb’s FIELDS OF FIRE
You are immersed in the jungle and its claustrophobia, the monotony and futility of life as a soldier and the fear and insanity of being in combat.
My Thin Red Line
there is something about being able to get into characters heads, using your own imagination and projecting your own experiences onto a story that makes me love good, historical fiction.
Continue Reading February 25, 2010 at 11:58 am Leave a comment
Karl Marlantes’ MATTERHORN
If I wrote a list of what would be in my perfect read it would tick every box…twice!
Continue Reading February 25, 2010 at 11:42 am Leave a comment
