{"product_id":"battle-rattle-and-other-stories-eric-smallwood-9780692717103","title":"Battle Rattle and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBattle Rattle and Other Stories\u003c\/b\u003e brings together Brandon Davis Jennings's acclaimed war fiction, including the bestselling Kindle Singles \u003cb\u003eBattle Rattle\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWaiting for the Enemy\u003c\/b\u003e, along with the novel \u003cb\u003eHigh Desert Rats\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the collection is Derrick Vezchek: a boy shaped by the Mojave Desert, a soldier marked by Iraq, and a man trying to endure the violence he has carried home. These linked stories move from drunken adolescence and military restlessness to deployment, friendship, marriage, fatherhood, and the emotional wreckage that follows men long after they hang their uniforms up for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, \u003cb\u003eBattle Rattle and Other Stories\u003c\/b\u003e is not a patriotic war story or a simple homecoming narrative. It is literary fiction about masculinity, memory, damage, loyalty, and the strange ways war follows people into kitchens, garages, marriages, bars, and childhood bedrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003ePhil Klay's Redeployment\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTim O'Brien's The Things They Carried\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDenis Johnson's Jesus' Son\u003c\/b\u003e, and contemporary fiction about the moral and emotional aftermath of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaiting for the Enemy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBattle Rattle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Desert Rats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Smallwood,Brandon Davis Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692717102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692717103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aias Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Eric Smallwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799418155263,"sku":"9780692717103","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/battle-rattle-and-other-stories-eric-smallwood-9780692717103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}