{"product_id":"9781555845940","title":"War Reporting for Cowards","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Imagine George Costanza from \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e being sent off to cover the Iraq War . . . Hilarious.” —Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chris Ayres is a small-town boy, a hypochondriac, and a neat freak with an anxiety disorder. Not exactly the picture of a war correspondent. But when his boss asks him if he would like to go to Iraq, he doesn’t have the guts to say no. After signing a one million dollar life-insurance policy, studying a tutorial on repairing severed limbs, and spending twenty thousand dollars on camping gear (only to find out that his bright yellow tent makes him a sitting duck), Ayres is embedded with a battalion of gung ho Marines who either shun him or threaten him when he files an unfavorable story. As time goes on, though, he begins to understand them (and his inexplicably enthusiastic fellow war reporters) more and more: Each night of terrifying combat brings, in the morning, something more visceral than he has ever experienced—the thrill of having won a fight for survival.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar Reporting for Cowards\u003c\/i\u003e tells, with “self-deprecating wit”, the story of Iraq in a way that is extraordinarily honest and bitterly hilarious (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Heartbreakingly funny.” —Anthony Swofford, author of \u003ci\u003eJarhead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Chris Ayres has invented a new genre: a rip-roaring tale of adventure and derring-don’t.” —Toby Young, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Darkly entertaining.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Ayres’s stories of life with Marines are gripping—in part because he’s the perfect neurotic foil.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165592764656,"sku":"9781555845940","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555845940_p0.jpg?v=1763755970","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555845940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}