7 rows · · “Michael Pitre's Fives and Twenty-Fives is a remarkable literary debut, a hauntingly spare, Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing. Book Depot is committed to making its website www.doorway.ru usable by all people, including those with disabilities. We are in the process of making upgrades to this site to achieve this goal. Please call us at during the hours of am to pm EST Monday - Friday for assistance. · Fives and Twenty-Fives is a conscientious modern war novel that accurately portrays the sacrifices young people give for their country and their struggle /5.
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Fives and Twenty-Fives is one of the great novels of war, the kind of book that comes along only once or twice each generation Michael Pitre, a two-tour Marine veteran of the Iraq conflict, is not just the real deal, he's a literary force in the making. Joseph Boyden, author of Three Day Road and Through Black Spruce. The author of “Fives and Twenty Fives” is an ex-Marine. His novel is about friendship; i.e. more fundamentally about friendship on both sides of a war. The theater of war in Michael Pitre’s novel is Iraq. Unlike a Civil War, within a country of one language, the war in Iraq requires “terps” or translators. Book Summary. It's the rule - always watch your fives and twenty-fives. When a convoy halts to investigate a possible roadside bomb, stay in the vehicle and scan five meters in every direction. A bomb inside five meters cuts through the armor, killing everyone in the truck. Once clear, get out and sweep twenty-five meters.
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