{"product_id":"spoils","title":"Spoils","description":"A Guardian Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e Winner of The Writers' League of Texas Fiction Award 2017\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Spoils is a harrowing and incredibly powerful debut. I read this with awe.' Kate Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is the spring of 2003 and coalition forces are advancing on Iraq. Images of a giant statue of Saddam Hussein crashing to the ground in Baghdad are being beamed to news channels around the world. Nineteen-year-old Specialist Cassandra Wigheard, on her first deployment since joining the US army two years earlier, is primed for war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For Abu al-Hool, a jihadist since the days of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, war is wearing thin. Two decades of fighting - and the new wave of super-radicalised fighters joining the ranks in the wake of the September 11 attacks - have left him questioning his commitment to the struggle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Cassandra is taken prisoner by al-Hool's mujahideen brotherhood, both fighters will find their loyalties tested to the very limits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This fast-paced, hard-hitting account of eight weeks in the lives of a soldier and her captor forces us to reconsider the simplistic narratives of war spun by those in power. With its privileged insight into the reality of armed combat, Spoils shines a light on the uncertainty, fear and idealism that characterised the early days of one of the most important conflicts of our time.","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38110400446635,"sku":"46042","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/9781910702970.jpg?v=1612816013","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/spoils","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}