Description: Author:David ZimmermanBook Title:SandboxPublication Name:Soho Press, IncorporatedPublisher:SOHO Press, IncorporatedISBN:9781569479162EAN:9781569479162Item Length:8.2in.Publication Year:2010Format:Trade PaperbackLanguage:EnglishItem Height:1in.Genre:FictionTopic:War & Military, Thrillers / General, General, LiteraryItem Width:5.5in.Item Weight:11.8 OzNumber of Pages:356 PagesAbout this productProduct InformationOperating Base Cornucopia: a 300-year-old fortress in the remote Iraqi desert where a few dozen soldiers wait for their next assignment. Among them Private Toby Durrant, a self-described nobody. Then a deadly ambush sets off events that put Durrant in the middle of a far-reaching conspiracy. Insurgents gathering in the nearby hills, a secretive member of military intelligence, an abandoned toy factory and a mysterious, half feral child. Durrant must decipher the links between them if he is to survive.Product IdentifiersPublisherSOHO Press, Incorporated ISBN-139781569479162eBay Product ID (ePID)8038425661Product Key FeaturesBook TitleSandboxAuthorDavid ZimmermanFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishTopicWar & Military, Thrillers / General, General, LiteraryPublication Year2010GenreFictionNumber of Pages356 PagesDimensionsItem Length8.2in.Item Height1in.Item Width5.5in.Item Weight11.8 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberPs3626Reviews"[A] gripping first novel." - The New York Times Book Review "[A] remarkable debut.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch." - Publishers Weekly , STARRED REVIEW "Zimmerman adroitly depicts [Iraq's] isolated moonscape-a place as liable to produce hallucinations and heat exhaustion as it is to churn up sandstorms that last for days." - Los Angeles Times "Gripping first novel.... Zimmerman has more in mind than merely getting a hard-luck soldier into trouble. The Sandbox is loaded with an M.R.E. caseful of plot elements, all pulled from Iraq war headlines-lost billions in cash, prisoner interrogations, soldier indiscretions, failed counterinsurgency plans-and all play their part in bringing Toby's story to its terrible conclusion. That every question in this novel interrogates every other is one of its great strengths and will keep you turning the pages of its short chapters, as each weaves the insistent first-person mystery of 'Why me?' with the larger mystery of 'What are we doing here?'" - The New York Times "Zimmerman's remarkable debut succeeds both as a realistic portrayal of the current Iraq war from the American perspective and as an energetic thriller.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch." - Publishers Weekly , Starred Review "This fine first novel skillfully portrays both the eternal verities of war as well as the stark differences that each war imposes on the young who do the fighting; like many war novels, it powerfully conveys the message that young soldiers are more honorable than those who put them in harm's way." - Booklist, "[A] gripping first novel." -- The New York Times Book Review "[A] remarkable debut.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch." -- Publishers Weekly , STARRED REVIEW "Zimmerman adroitly depicts [Iraq's] isolated moonscape--a place as liable to produce hallucinations and heat exhaustion as it is to churn up sandstorms that last for days." -- Los Angeles Times "Gripping first novel.... Zimmerman has more in mind than merely getting a hard-luck soldier into trouble. The Sandbox is loaded with an M.R.E. caseful of plot elements, all pulled from Iraq war headlines--lost billions in cash, prisoner interrogations, soldier indiscretions, failed counterinsurgency plans--and all play their part in bringing Toby's story to its terrible conclusion. That every question in this novel interrogates every other is one of its great strengths and will keep you turning the pages of its short chapters, as each weaves the insistent first-person mystery of 'Why me?' with the larger mystery of 'What are we doing here?'" -- The New York Times "Zimmerman's remarkable debut succeeds both as a realistic portrayal of the current Iraq war from the American perspective and as an energetic thriller.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review "This fine first novel skillfully portrays both the eternal verities of war as well as the stark differences that each war imposes on the young who do the fighting; like many war novels, it powerfully conveys the message that young soldiers are more honorable than those who put them in harm's way." -- Booklist, "Gripping first novel.... Zimmerman has more in mind than merely getting a hard-luck soldier into trouble. The Sandbox is loaded with an M.R.E. caseful of plot elements, all pulled from Iraq war headlines-lost billions in cash, prisoner interrogations, soldier indiscretions, failed counterinsurgency plans-and all play their part in bringing Toby's story to its terrible conclusion. That every question in this novel interrogates every other is one of its great strengths and will keep you turning the pages of its short chapters, as each weaves the insistent first-person mystery of 'Why me?' with the larger mystery of 'What are we doing here?'"-The New York Times "Zimmerman's remarkable debut succeeds both as a realistic portrayal of the current Iraq war from the American perspective and as an energetic thriller.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch."-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "This fine first novel skillfully portrays both the eternal verities of war as well as the stark differences that each war imposes on the young who do the fighting; like many war novels, it powerfully conveys the message that young soldiers are more honorable than those who put them in harm's way."-Booklist, "Gripping first novel.... Zimmerman has more in mind than merely getting a hard-luck soldier into trouble. The Sandbox is loaded with an M.R.E. caseful of plot elements, all pulled from Iraq war headlines-lost billions in cash, prisoner interrogations, soldier indiscretions, failed counterinsurgency plans-and all play their part in bringing Toby's story to its terrible conclusion. That every question in this novel interrogates every other is one of its great strengths and will keep you turning the pages of its short chapters, as each weaves the insistent first-person mystery of 'Why me?' with the larger mystery of 'What are we doing here?'"- The New York Times "Zimmerman's remarkable debut succeeds both as a realistic portrayal of the current Iraq war from the American perspective and as an energetic thriller.... Zimmerman is a talent to watch."- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review "This fine first novel skillfully portrays both the eternal verities of war as well as the stark differences that each war imposes on the young who do the fighting; like many war novels, it powerfully conveys the message that young soldiers are more honorable than those who put them in harm's way."- BooklistCopyright Date2011Target AudienceTradeDewey Decimal813/.6 IllustratedYes
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Book Title: Sandbox
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Topic: War & Military, Thrillers / General, General, Literary
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Author: David Zimmerman
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