Revealed in the United States in 2012 with
Yellow Birds
, his first novel on the Iraq War, Kevin Powers (who joined the army at 17) missed the National Book Award by a hair. He devoted the following years to writing
The Echo of Time
, a very beautiful novel about the Civil War crowned with the 2019 Grand Prize for American Literature.
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With
Breaking Point
(
A Line in the Sand
, 2023), he uses genre literature, the thriller, to still talk about war but from another angle. Namely that of the incredibly flourishing business of private military companies. Which send mercenaries into the field, former soldiers, very well paid, who have nothing but contempt for the men of the regular army whom they nickname the “
ten percenters
” because of the low pay they receive.
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With “Breaking Point”, Kevin Powers uses genre literature, the thriller, to still talk about war but from another angle. Namely that of the incredibly flourishing business of private military companies
The contracts these companies sign with the government can reach astronomical sums. To achieve their ends, the bosses of these companies do not hesitate to eliminate…
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