RCAW00-62 Ron Childress - And West Is West.nfo
General Information
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Title: And West Is West
Author: Ron Childress
Read By: Graham Halstead
Copyright: 2015
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Fiction - Thriller - Suspense
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Chapters
Source: OneClick MP3
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Number of MP3s: 62
Total Duration: 10:43:50
Total MP3 Size: 223.82
Parity Archive: No
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Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction
When Jessica, a young air force drone pilot in Nevada, is tasked with
launching a missile against a suspected terrorist halfway across the
world, she realizes that though women and children are in the crosshairs
of her screen, she has no choice but to follow orders. Ethan, a young
Wall Street quant, is involved in a more bloodless connection to war
when he develops an algorithm that enables his company's clients to
profit by exploiting the international instability caused by exactly
this kind of antiterrorist strike.
Though only minor players, the actions of these two people have global
ramifications that tear lives apart - including their own. When Jessica
finds herself discharged from the service and Ethan makes an error that
costs him his job, both are set adrift, cast out by a corrupt system
and forced to take the blame for decisions they did not make.
In And West Is West, Childress has crafted a terrifyingly real scenario
that takes listeners into the lives of these characters living in different
worlds yet bound together by forces beyond their control.
What the Critics Say
"I'm impressed with the ambitious scope and smart sophisticated politics
of this novel that put it squarely into the category of writing I want
to reward with this prize. When I wasn't reading, it I was thinking
about it. This writer can write; these characters are real; the story
is crackerjack." (Barbara Kingsolver)
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