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 01 Title
Duration: 32s -
Youngblood 02 Poem
Duration: 30s -
Youngblood 03 Prologue
Duration: 03min -
Youngblood 04 Book1 Ch1
Duration: 24min -
Youngblood 05 Ch2
Duration: 08min -
Youngblood 06 Ch3
Duration: 12min -
Youngblood 07 Ch4
Duration: 06min -
Youngblood 08 Ch5
Duration: 10min -
Youngblood 09 Ch6
Duration: 13min -
Youngblood 10 Ch7
Duration: 11min -
Youngblood 11 Ch8
Duration: 14min -
Youngblood 12 Ch9
Duration: 12min -
Youngblood 13 Ch10
Duration: 14min -
Youngblood 14 Ch11
Duration: 43min -
Youngblood 15 Ch12
Duration: 11min -
Youngblood 16 Ch13
Duration: 20min -
Youngblood 17 Ch14
Duration: 05min -
Youngblood 18 Ch15
Duration: 02min -
Youngblood 19 Ch16
Duration: 05min -
Youngblood 20 Book2 Ch17
Duration: 03min