War Reporting for Cowards
by Chris Ayres
2020-09-04 12:57:13
War Reporting for Cowards
by Chris Ayres
2020-09-04 12:57:13
âImagine George Costanza from Seinfeld being sent off to cover the Iraq War . . . Hilarious.â âMichiko Kakutani, The New York Times Chris Ayres is a small-town boy, a hypochondriac, and a neat freak with an anxiety disorder. Not exactl...
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âImagine George Costanza from Seinfeld being sent off to cover the Iraq War . . . Hilarious.â âMichiko Kakutani, The New York Times Chris Ayres is a small-town boy, a hypochondriac, and a neat freak with an anxiety disorder. Not exactly the picture of a war correspondent. But when his boss asks him if he would like to go to Iraq, he doesnât have the guts to say no. After signing a one million dollar life-insurance policy, studying a tutorial on repairing severed limbs, and spending twenty thousand dollars on camping gear (only to find out that his bright yellow tent makes him a sitting duck), Ayres is embedded with a battalion of gung ho Marines who either shun him or threaten him when he files an unfavorable story. As time goes on, though, he begins to understand them (and his inexplicably enthusiastic fellow war reporters) more and more: Each night of terrifying combat brings, in the morning, something more visceral than he has ever experiencedâthe thrill of having won a fight for survival. War Reporting for Cowards tells, with âself-deprecating witâ, the story of Iraq in a way that is extraordinarily honest and bitterly hilarious (The New Yorker). âHeartbreakingly funny.â âAnthony Swofford, author of Jarhead âChris Ayres has invented a new genre: a rip-roaring tale of adventure and derring-donât.â âToby Young, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People âDarkly entertaining.â âLos Angeles Times âAyresâs stories of life with Marines are grippingâin part because heâs the perfect neurotic foil.â âPeople
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