Spent Shell Casings: 25 (and 5) Stories

Gonzo warfighter chronicles. Through a narrative that shifts between journalistic and shockingly personal the landscape of the modern warrior culture is shown in a thought-provoking raw light. Dave was there for it all -- there for the millennial latch-key childrens plunge into bloody and politically-dubious combat there for the US militarys rocky evolution from Cold War Era to fighting the global war on terror and there for his own turbulent colorful transitions -- all in the unforgiving jungles of hyper-masculinity. The 90s era of transgressive novels--American Psycho Trainspotting Fight Club--bored bad boys whod do anything to feel. . . what exactly? This chaotic premise has returned; now--and for the first time--in the form of a military memoire-expos. An artistic nail-bomb: Spent Shell Casings encompasses just about every sordid and hilarious aspect of military life that could ever grace a page all the while exposing the dark sides of adventure and the fighting man in ways that can no longer be ignored. Whether Iraq a psych ward or a barroom brawl coming to terms with ones upbringing or drug abuse: join a Recon Marine at various points on the deadly map of war meaning and the American experience.