Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green

Outrageous hilarious and absolutely candid Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green is Johnny Ricos firsthand account of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan a memoir that also reveals the universal truths about the madness of war.. No 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.. But if hed thought that serving his country would be the kind of authentic experience a reader of The Catcher in the Rye would 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 Talibanguys like Private Cox a musical prodigy busy planning his future poverty and Private Mulbeck who didnt know precisely which country he was in. Life in a combat zone meant carnage and couragebut it also meant tedious hours standing guard punctuated with thoughtful arguments about whether Bea Arthur was still alive. . Utterly uncensored and full of dark wit Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green is a poignant frightening and heartfelt view of life in this and every mans army.