Kevin Powers Boeken

Elke oorlog heeft zijn eigen, definitieve romans. De Eerste Wereldoorlog heeft Im Westen nichts Neues en A Farewell to Arms. De Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft Catch-22. Het jaar 2012 ziet de komst van de grote roman over de oorlog in Irak: De gele vogels. De gele vogels is het verhaal van de jonge soldaat Bartle, voor wie de oorlog in Irak een uitzichtloze leegte is. Zijn eindeloze dagen zitten vol dood, verderf, maar vooral verveling. In een wanhopige poging grip te krijgen op zijn frustraties, klampt Bartle zich vast aan de kameraadschap met zijn lotgenoten, in het bijzonder zijn vriend Murphy. De gele vogels is de ultieme roman over de oorlog van nu, geschreven door een superieur talent dat zelf in Irak zijn sporen heeft verdiend. Kevin C. Powers laat de lezer tegelijk ooggetuige, schuldige en martelaar zijn in een adembenemend boek, waarvan de rechten voor verschijnen al aan zestien landen werden verkocht.

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW BIRDS'A kickass mystery from a superb storyteller' David Baldacci, author of The 6:20 Man'A spellbinding and totally original thriller' Philipp Meyer, author of The Son An early morning on a beach in Virginia. As he is taking his daily swim, Arman Bajalan - formerly an interpreter in Iraq - discovers a dead body. After surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given lonely sanctuary in the US. Now, sure that the murder is connected to his past, he knows he's still not safe.Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her fresh-off-the-beat partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the man's pocket. It leads them to Sally Ewell, a local journalist as grief-stricken as Arman by the Iraq war, who is investigating a nefarious corporation: one on the cusp of landing a multi-billion-dollar government defence contract.As victims mount around Arman, taking the team down wrong turns and towards startling evidence, they find themselves in a race, committed to unravelling the truth and keeping Arman alive - even if it costs them everything.A Line in the Sand is a sinuous, powerful and white-knuckle thriller, from the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds, shot through with treachery, trauma and the long tentacles of war.'A tense, twisting, and thoughtful story of the intersection between grief and greed' Michael Koryta, author of Never Far Away

A stunning debut novel-unexpected, tautly written, suspenseful-that touches on some of the most profound questions we have about war as it tells us a haunting story of a single mother, and her son, a member of the US Special Operations Forces.

The acclaimed author of THE YELLOW BIRDS returns with an extraordinary debut poetry collection.

A stunning novel about violence, power and love from the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds.