Youngblood: A Novel
- Author: Matt Gallagher
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 12:49:32
Synopsis
“An urgent and deeply moving novel” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) about a young American soldier struggling to find meaning during the final, dark days of the War in Iraq.
The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and newly minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it’s happening—through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands. Day after day, Jack tries to assert his leadership in the sweltering, dreary atmosphere of Ashuriyah. But his world is disrupted by the arrival of veteran Sergeant Daniel Chambers, whose aggressive style threatens to undermine the fragile peace that the troops have worked hard to establish.
As Iraq plunges back into chaos and bloodshed and Chambers’s influence over the men grows stronger, Jack becomes obsessed with a strange, tragic tale of reckless love between a lost American soldier and Rana, a local sheikh’s daughter. In search of the truth and buoyed by the knowledge that what he finds may implicate Sergeant Chambers, Jack seeks answers from the enigmatic Rana, and soon their fates become intertwined. Determined to secure a better future for Rana and a legitimate and lasting peace for her country, Jack will defy American command, putting his own future in grave peril.
For fans of Phil Klay’s Redeployment or Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Youngblood provides startling new dimension to both the moral complexity of war and its psychological toll.
Chapters
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Youngblood 41 Ch38
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Youngblood 42 Ch39
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Youngblood 43 Ch40
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Youngblood 44 Ch41
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Youngblood 45 Ch42
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Youngblood 46 Ch43
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Youngblood 47 Ch44
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Youngblood 48 Ch45
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Youngblood 49 Ch46
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Youngblood 50 Ch47
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Youngblood 51 Ch48
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Youngblood 52 Ch49
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Youngblood 53 Ch50
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Youngblood 54 Epilogue
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Youngblood 55 Credits
Duration: 50s