Author and Army Veteran Matt Gallagher on his debut novel ‘Youngblood’
Listen 00:22:23Guest: Matt Gallagher
MATT GALLAGHER was an army platoon leader in Iraq in 2007-2008, the height of the war. He started writing a popular and irreverent blog called Kaboom that had a big following among troops and civilians. It also got him in trouble with the brass. Gallagher has written his first novel, Youngblood, about an Army platoon lieutenant dealing with a hot head and trigger happy sergeant, a mysterious murder, and the ambiguities of a war that’s winding down. He joins us today to discuss his new novel and his experiences in the Middle East.
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