Holding the Zero - Gerald Seymour

This book was lent to me by a friend at work and I such I had no real expectations as I started reading it. I am a fan of military history and fiction though I tend to leave stories concerning more recent conflicts alone. Reading this book was something of an exception therefore, set as it is around the time of the First Gulf war. The plot follows a man named Gus Peake, a champion at competition rifle shooting but with no formal military training as he assists with a Kurdish rebellion in the deserts and eventually the cities of Iraq. The subplots follow two police detectives as the piece together Gus' life before he set off and exploring his reasons for going. These sections of ...