Last One in (Paperback)

Nicholas Kulish

ISBN 10: 0061189391 / ISBN 13: 9780061189395

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York, 2007

About this Item

Paperback. Jimmy Stephens makes the worst mistake of his career as a gossip columnist when he wrongly accuses a big star of cheating on his wife. With lawsuits pending, Jimmy's imperious new editor blackmails him into taking the place of the paper's injured front-line war correspondent. Shipped off to the desert and embedded with a group of foulmouthed but fraternal Marines, Jimmy provides a bewildered but unfiltered view of the invasion of Iraq that is alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heartbreaking. Kulishs debut is a stylish satire about a hapless gossip columnist sent to cover the invasion of Iraq. Jimmy Stephens is dropped unprepared into military life. His cowardice is perhaps matched only by his confusion, but he slowly befriends the Marines and gets an unfiltered view of the war. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last One in (Paperback)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061189391
• ISBN 13: 9780061189395
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Jimmy Stephens makes the worst mistake of his career as a gossip columnist when he wrongly accuses a big star of cheating on his wife. With lawsuits pending, Jimmy's imperious new editor blackmails him into taking the place of the paper's injured front-line war correspondent. Shipped off to the desert and embedded with a group of foulmouthed but fraternal Marines, Jimmy provides a bewildered but unfiltered view of the invasion of Iraq that is alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heartbreaking.

About the Author

In 2003, Nicholas Kulish was embedded with a Marine attack-helicopter squadron for the Wall Street Journal. He is an editorial writer at the New York Times and has also written for the Washington Post, Washington Monthly, and ESPN magazine. He lives in New York City.