{"product_id":"9780891418979","title":"Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green: A Year in the Desert with Team America","description":"\u003cp\u003eOutrageous, hilarious, and absolutely candid, \u003ci\u003eBlood Makes the Grass Grow Green \u003c\/i\u003eis Johnny Rico’s firsthand account of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, a memoir that also reveals the universal truths about the madness of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one would have picked Johnny Rico for a soldier. The son of an aging hippie father, Johnny was overeducated and hostile to all authority. But when 9\/11 happened, the twenty-six-year-old probation officer dropped everything to become an “infantry combat killer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if he’d thought that serving his country would be the kind of authentic experience a reader of \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye \u003c\/i\u003ewould love, he quickly realized he had another thing coming. In Afghanistan he found himself living a Lord of the Flies existence among soldiers who feared civilian life more than they feared the Taliban–guys like Private Cox, a musical prodigy busy “planning his future poverty,” and Private Mulbeck, who didn’t know precisely which country he was in. Life in a combat zone meant carnage and courage–but it also meant tedious hours standing guard, punctuated with thoughtful arguments about whether Bea Arthur was still alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtterly uncensored and full of dark wit, \u003ci\u003eBlood Makes the Grass Grow Green \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant, frightening, and heartfelt view of life in this and every man’s army.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022877737200,"sku":"9780891418979","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780891418979_p0.jpg?v=1763853799","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780891418979","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}