{"product_id":"9781497663497","title":"Army Blue","description":"In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDress Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, Truscott turns his attention to the Vietnam War and delivers a suspenseful, sprawling court-martial drama set in Saigon in 1969. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt twenty-three, platoon leader Lt. Matthew Nelson Blue is the youngest member of an army family; his father is a colonel and his grandfather a profane, cantankerous retired general. Shortly after one of his men is killed by friendly fire while on routine patrol, Blue is arrested and charged with desertion in the face of the enemy. Arriving in Vietnam, his father and grandfather end their long estrangement and join forces to clear the young soldier’s name. Truscott’s plot offers less than initially meets the eye; the nature of the conspiracy and cover-up that nearly destroy Blue is fairly easy to predict, as is the disillusionment about Vietnam that eventually befalls his seniors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author’s intimate portrayal of the texture of army life gives his narrative a more deeply felt sense of anger and regret than others in its genre, and makes its final revelations more powerful than they might otherwise have been.","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thriller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179225006320,"sku":"9781497663497","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497663497_p0.jpg?v=1769896003","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497663497","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}