{"product_id":"the-good-lieutenant-9781250132161","title":"The Good Lieutenant","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitney Terrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250132161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44117072347251,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ca3087cc-7b57-4390-8e51-b8ecea168d46.jpg?v=1764336035","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-good-lieutenant-9781250132161","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}