A Modern Tale of Hope
- Book: The Girl in Green
- Location: Iraq
- Author: Derek B Miller
The first time British journalist Thomas Benton and US soldier Arwood Hobbes meet is in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm, 240km from the Iraq/Kuwaiti border. What starts as another tedious day ends with an experience that will shape both their lives for years to come. 22 years later, Arwood convinces Benton to return to Iraq to confont their past and to risk their lives one more time to try to prevent another tragedy from occurring.
‘Like everything else in Iraq, it came at him sideways.’
Hands up, I am perfectly willing to admit that I do not know a massive amount about Iraq as a place or enough of its history so more than anything this book was an education. I thought Miller did an excellent job of showing different perspectives and provoking serious questions about human nature and the lengths people will go to in attempt to shape the world into the way they want it to be. I loved the main characters (and, to be fair, most of the minor characters too) who all had their particular crosses to bear but still managed to be funny and moving at different points of the novel. I loved Miller’s first novel, Norwegian by Night and I wasn’t at all disappointed by his second.
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