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Patrick Hennessey - The Junior Officers' Reading Club (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Subtitled : Killing Time & Fighting Wars.
Hailed as a classic of war writing in the U.K., The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age. Attempting to stave off the tedium and pressures of army life in the Iraqi desert by losing themselves in the dusty paperbacks on the transit-camp bookshelves, Hennessey and a handful of his pals from military academy form the Junior Officers' Reading Club.
By the time he reaches Afghanistan and the rest of the club are scattered across the Middle East, they are no longer cheerfully overconfident young recruits, hungering for action and glory.
Hennessey captures how boys grow into men amid the frenetic, sometimes exhilarating violence, frequent boredom, and almost overwhelming responsibilities that frame a soldier's experience and the way we fight today.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Non-Fiction - War & Civil War
- Published : 2009 (This Edition 2010 - Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780141039268
- SKU : B002772
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Articulate and unsparing . . . an unforgettable account of how modern warfare both broadened and unsettled a young soldier." - The New York Times Book Review.
"As the art of warfare has transformed from trenches and Maginot Lines to guerrilla terrorism and nation-building, a new strain of existentialism has emerged: the boredom of war. Patrick Hennessey, a captain in the British Army, captures that ennui perfectly . . . wields his words as impressively as he does his weapons." - Entertainment Weekly.
"Unlike the chiselled journalists who go to observe and report, Hennessey was in the shit himself. His first (and hopefully not only) book tempers the rigors of war with youthful irreverence." - Time Out, New York.
"Outstanding . . . A classic of it's kind." - William Boyd.
'Remarkable, it conveys vividly what it's like to experience combat' - Jeremy Paxman, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year.
The Author
Patrick Rupert Hennessey is a British barrister, author, journalist and former British Army officer. He served as Platoon Commander and later Company Operations Officer from the end of 2004 to early 2009 in the Balkans, Africa, South East Asia and the Falkland Islands, and on operational tours to Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2007, where he was commended for gallantry.