AFTER September nth 2001 Brian Van Reet dropped out of university, joined the American army, fought in Iraq and was awarded a medal for valour. It is impossible not to wonder to what extent his experiences shaped his electrifying debut novel, "Spoils". Set in 2003, during the early days of the invasion of Iraq, the novel centres on three protagonists: Sleed, an American tanker, Cassandra Wigheard, a 19-year-old on her first deployment, and Abu Al-Hool, a veteran Egyptian jihadist whose brotherhood of fighters has travelled from Afghanistan to Iraq to wage war on America. Pivoting around an attack during which Cassandra and two fellow soldiers are taken prisoner by the jihadists, the novel jumps back and forth in time and shifts between the three characters' perspectives, gradually revealing how each of them has come to play a key role in a conflict they do not fully understand.
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机译：2001年9月n日之后，布莱恩·范·里特（Brian Van Reet）退学，加入了美国军队，在伊拉克作战，并获得了英勇勋章。毫无疑问，他的经历在多大程度上塑造了他令人振奋的首本小说《战利品》。这部小说的背景设定于2003年，即入侵伊拉克的初期，主要关注三名主角：美国油轮Sleed，首次部署时19岁的Cassandra Wigheard和埃及退伍军人Abu Al-Hool圣战者的战士兄弟情谊从阿富汗前往伊拉克，对美国发动战争。小说绕过卡桑德拉和两名同胞被圣战分子俘虏的袭击，小说在时间上来回跳动，在三个角色的视角之间转移，逐渐揭示了他们每个人在角色扮演中扮演的关键角色。他们没有完全了解冲突。
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