Matches

A fictional Jarheada novel that artfully and viscerally conveys the emotional toll of contemporary warfares random terror. In scenes that flicker with the restless intensity of an unguarded flame, we enter the life of a young American member of the Israeli Defense Force. Patrolling the streets of Gaza in the dead of night, playing a high-stakes off-duty game of Risk with his fellow soldiers, making passionate love to the wife of his best friend, Nathan Falk lives each moment with an...
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A fictional Jarheada novel that artfully and viscerally conveys the emotional toll of contemporary warfares random terror. In scenes that flicker with the restless intensity of an unguarded flame, we enter the life of a young American member of the Israeli Defense Force. Patrolling the streets of Gaza in the dead of night, playing a high-stakes off-duty game of Risk with his fellow soldiers, making passionate love to the wife of his best friend, Nathan Falk lives each moment with an increasing awareness of the arbitrary boundary between life and death. As MATCHES uncoils its searing tale of betrayal and guilt in love and war, the novel offers a revealing portrait of the damage war does to the soul of a man. A novel inspired by the authors own experience: Alan Kaufman is an Americana dutiful bad Jew who left the relative comforts of New York City to join the Israeli Defense Force. He has served during two wars, most recently in 2003, and is still on active reserve. In its ferocity and vivid detail, MATCHES recalls such classic evocations of war as Michael Herrs Dispatches and Mark Bowdens Black Hawk Down.