A fast-paced, hard-hitting account of eight weeks in the lives of a soldier and her captor forces us to reconsider the simplistic narratives spun by those in power.
Brian Van Reet was born in Houston. Following the September 11 attacks, he dropped out of the University of Virginia and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served in Iraq under stop-loss orders, achieved the rank of sergeant and was awarded a Bronze Star for valour. After an honourable discharge he studied at the University of Missouri and later the University of Texas. His stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily Beast and the Washington Post.
A brilliantly written account of kidnap and conquest in the early
years of the Iraq war.
*Guardian, Books of the Year*
Clear, authentic and beautifully written, Spoils is a book about
war for people who don’t like books about war. Van Reet gives us a
thriller that is not a thriller, but a grave and fierce description
of the moral battlefield behind the headlines from Iraq.
*Anne Enright*
Blisteringly good.
*Daily Telegraph*
Undeniably engrossing.
*Observer*
Brian Van Reet’s assured debut novel begins with one of the best
opening chapters I’ve read... bear[s] eye-widening witness to
valour, horror, violence, cruelty and absurdity... not only
rewarding but necessary.
*Guardian*
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