The Good Lieutenant A Novel
The Good Lieutenant by Whitney Terrell is a novel published by Picador on June 13, 2017, featuring 288 pages in English. The story begins on the outskirts of Baghdad, where Lieutenant Emma Fowler’s platoon encounters a devastating explosion from buried IEDs, leading to a catastrophic turn of events. The narrative unfolds in reverse, exploring the circumstances that led to this disaster, including the influence of dubious informants and flawed intelligence, while also addressing the complexities of military operations.
Readers will find a multifaceted portrayal of war through the perspectives of a determined female officer, seasoned soldiers, and various Iraqi characters, each contributing to the narrative’s depth. The book delves into themes of conflict and the human experience within a military context, providing insights that are often overlooked in traditional war narratives. This edition invites readers to engage with the intricacies of a mission shaped by past mistakes and the realities of combat.
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Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Boston Globe and Refinery29
On 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.
From this catastrophic moment, The Good Lieutenant 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.
Brilliantly told by an acclaimed writer at the top of his form, Whitney Terrell’s The Good Lieutenant is a gripping, insightful, and necessary novel about a war that is proving to be the defining tragedy of our time.
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