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Chargement... The Sandboxpar David Zimmerman
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This "gripping" and suspenseful novel of the Iraq War "will keep you turning the pages" (The New York Times). Operating Base Cornucopia is a three-hundred-year-old fortress in the remote Iraqi desert where a few dozen soldiers wait for their next assignment, among them Pvt. Toby Durrant, a self-described "broke nobody." Then a deadly ambush touches off events that put Durrant in the middle of a far-reaching conspiracy. Insurgents massing in the nearby hills, a secretive member of military intelligence, an abandoned toy factory, and a mysterious, half-feral child--Durrant must figure out the links between them if he's to survive. This blistering look at military life in "the sandbox" of Iraq is both a compelling mystery and a vivid evocation of an "isolated moonscape--a place as liable to produce hallucinations and heat exhaustion as it is to churn up sandstorms that last for days" (Los Angeles Times). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Toby and his friends slowly put the pieces together through prisoner interrogations, spying on their officers, and uncovering a counterinsurgency plan. And while the pages kept turning, I found this stylish, off-centre story intriguing but not very convincing. Granted the author made these soldiers come alive on the pages through their colourful language, “why me” attitude and black humor but by the end of the book, I was pretty much done with this hard luck soldier who stumbles through this rather absurd and convoluted melodrama.
So although The Sandbox wasn’t an exceptional debut, I would definitely be interested in seeing how this author progresses and whether he can tighten up his plots and make them a little more believable. ( )