Fobbit - Softcover

Abrams, David

 
9780099581482: Fobbit
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099581485 ISBN 13: 9780099581482
Verlag: Vintage, 2014

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Fobbit ’fä-b t, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2011). Pejorative.

Welcome to the FOB – Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph.

This is the back-office of the battlefield, where Staff Sergeant Chance Gooding (a Fobbit through and through) spends his days tapping out press releases to turn the latest roadside bomb into something the folks back home can read about over their breakfast cereal.

This is where male and female soldiers are trying to find an empty Porta-Potty in which to get acquainted, grunts are playing Xbox between missions, and most of the senior staff are more concerned about getting to the chow hall in time for the Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about little things like military strategy.
This is where things can very quickly spiral out of control.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Abrams served in the U.S. Army for twenty years, and was deployed to Iraq in 2005 as part of a public affairs team. His stories have appeared in Esquire, Narrative and other literary magazines.

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Verlag
Vintage
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099581485
ISBN 13 
9780099581482
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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