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The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War

by Terrance Patrick McGowan
9 CDs. 11 hrs. Books on Tape. Aug. 2016. ISBN 9780451484086. $40. digital download. MEMOIR
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Pete Larkin deftly displays his experience as a sports announcer, voice actor, and reader in his outstanding reading of this unique memoir of the war in Afghanistan. McGowan is a former marine officer and member of law enforcement, both federal and local, whose skills in discerning the "felony look" were used to distinguish friendlies from hostiles. As a uniformed Department of Defense civilian, he was attached to a marine platoon and endured all the travails of combat and survival in the wilds of Afghanistan with comrades young enough to have been his children or even grandchildren. Pete Larkin's deep, resonant bass voice very nimbly relates all of this to the listener. He reads almost effortlessly, with pacing and expression perfect for every phrase of this memoir of war.
VERDICT All libraries should consider this.
Reviewed by Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Lynchburg , Nov 15, 2016
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