{"product_id":"good-lieutenant-paperback","title":"Good Lieutenant - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWhitney Terrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the outskirts of Baghdad, Lieutenant Emma Fowler's platoon unwittingly rolls into a buried maze of IEDs--and their Humvee is blasted into a shrapnel-torn wreck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom this catastrophic moment, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lieutenant\u003c\/i\u003e unspools backward in time as Fowler and her platoon are guided into disaster by suspicious informants and questionable intelligence, their mission the result of a previous snafu in which a soldier was kidnapped by insurgents. The novel unfolds from points of view that are not customarily included in war coverage--a tenacious female officer, jaded career soldiers, and Iraqis both innocent and not so innocent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly told by an acclaimed writer at the top of his form, Whitney Terrell's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lieutenant\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, insightful, and necessary novel about a war that is proving to be the defining tragedy of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHITNEY TERRELL\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Huntsman\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book, and \u003ci\u003eThe King of Kings County\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a James A. Michener-Copernicus Society Award and a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts. He was an embedded reporter in Iraq during 2006 and 2010 and covered the war for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR. His nonfiction has additionally appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He teaches creative writing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and lives nearby with his family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124642648199,"sku":"9781250132161","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/23b52d1eb94cc085b8851dabb791b02c.webp?v=1732571685","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/good-lieutenant-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}