Hi Matt! I've been a long time reader of your blog and your book. I just wanted to add my pride and praise to what I'm sure is a growing group of fans. Your gift is the visualization you put in your writing. So to "see" you sitting in an apartment in your pj's writing something for blog to "seeing" you interview a Ranger, AND you're writing articles for Time!! Wow! Lot's of hard work in between there and you represent the IAVA well. Excellent writing, Mr. Gallagher. May your Celtic temper always propel you forward! малакут роскосмос
"Above all, Kaboom is about the day to day travails of a typical platoon set smack among thousands of disillusioned and war-weary Iraqis ... without a trace of sentimentality, Mr. Gallagher draws the reader into the everyday complexities of leading soldiers from every strata of American society."
"Vivid and introspective ... [readers will] come to appreciate his evocative prose, convincing dialogue, and especially, telling vignettes of life as an American soldier in Iraq."
"[Gallagher's] exceptional narrative technique makes the soldier in-group cant both believable and coherent; his relentless pursuit of sanity in the midst of a chaotic storm of IEDs, policy changes, sheiks, civilians, and baffling missions makes this blog-based memoir an exciting read reminiscent of Anthony Swofford's Jarhead."
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Hi Matt! I've been a long time reader of your blog and your book. I just wanted to add my pride and praise to what I'm sure is a growing group of fans. Your gift is the visualization you put in your writing. So to "see" you sitting in an apartment in your pj's writing something for blog to "seeing" you interview a Ranger, AND you're writing articles for Time!! Wow! Lot's of hard work in between there and you represent the IAVA well. Excellent writing, Mr. Gallagher. May your Celtic temper always propel you forward! малакут роскосмос
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