Praise
“A Woodward that outdoes even Woodward.” —Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker
“Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in such a compelling and expert fashion, the narrative flows so seamlessly, that it’s hard to imagine that this is not fiction.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer on Black Hawk Down
“The reader can visualize the action, smell the dust and sweat and the reek of explosives, and even enter into the exultation, fear, rage, pain, confusion, and exhaustion of the combatants. . . . Because he was able to interview survivors on both sides relatively soon after the action, Bowden’s story has a vitality and freshness usually lacking in accounts of combat.” —The New York Review of Books on Black Hawk Down
“One of the most gripping and authoritative accounts of combat ever written.” —USA Today on Black Hawk Down
“A compelling, almost Shakespearean tale.” —Los Angeles Times on Killing Pablo
“Heart-stopping, and heart-breaking.” —New York Times Book Review on Guests of the Ayatollah
“Bowden has emerged as one of our best writers of muscular nonfiction.” —Edward P. Smith, Denver Post
“Mark Bowden is the reigning champion of narrative non-fiction.” —Alex Massie, Scotland on Sunday (UK)
