Dust to Dust

<p>Tim O'Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir <em>Dust to Dust</em> brilliantly explores the passage through a lifetime--a moving meditation on life and death the adventures of childhood and revelations of adulthood. Seemingly ordinary things take on a breathtaking radiance when examined by this decorated Marine officer--veteran of two combat tours in Iraq--actor on the hit HBO series <em>The Wire</em> and son of acclaimed novelist Frederick Busch. Above all Benjamin Busch is a truly extraordinary new literary talent as evidenced by his exemplary debut <em>Dust to Dust</em>--an original emotionally powerful and surprisingly refreshing take on an American soldier's story.</p>