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  • Hardcover: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Post Hill Press (October 13, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1618688707
  • ISBN-13: 978-1618688705
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not Anti-Soldier, But Clearly Anti-War
By Peter Van Buren on October 15, 2015
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Brandon Caro's debut novel, Old Silk Road, is an important, tough read, both for the dirt-under-its-nails portrayal of soldiers, and for a complex plot that rewards a reader with insights into America's longest war, in Afghanistan.

The first portion of the book is the one soldiers will hand to friends who ask "what was it like over there." Caro captures two of the most common aspects of modern war: endless tension about what might happen next, and endless boredom between occasional acts of horror. The narrator, Specialist Norman Rogers, himself a combat medic, and his small team, drift among America's archipelago of bases, at one point setting off on a "mission" to eat Mongolian BBQ at a Forward Operating Base.

Caro offers us a training sequence in the second part of his book, but with a twist. He lays things bare in a seminal chapter called The Goat School (excerpt). The reference is to a controversial military training technique, in which medics practice on wounded goats. This is not PETA-friendly. The animals are shot at close range, and left in the care of would-be medics to treat.

The final story told in the book is the most compelling. Rogers' addiction turns him deeper and deeper into the drug, to the point where his hallucinations take over his life, and thus the story. He is guided through his visions by a shaman, appropriately and ironically in the guise of Pat Tillman.

Through his drugs and his shaman, Rogers (and author Caro) present a deeply sad meditation on America's war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires, and America's longest war is held up alongside others who failed earlier: the Greeks, the Mongols, the British and the Soviets.Read more ›
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A great book
By Amazon Customer on October 17, 2015
Format: Hardcover
I could not put this book down. Nothing like it in a long time. Reminded me of something like a modern Full Metal Jacket with a twist. Portrays a more accurate picture of whats really going on in Afghanistan for our troops. A great book. I read it in two days.
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By Don Collings on October 19, 2015
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I am glad this is fiction. I was a combat medic in Vietnam. The author is a very good story teller, but I would not recommend a young medic read this assuming it is the way it is.
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