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“A compassionate, provocative, and alive” (Vogue.com) war story about a young Afghan orphan, “*Green on Blue* is harrowing, brutal, and utterly absorbing. With spare prose, Ackerman has spun a morally complex tale of revenge, loyalty, and brotherly love” (Khaled Hosseini, author of *The Kite Runner*).Aziz and his older brother Ali are coming of age in a village amid the pine forests and endless mountains of eastern Afghanistan. They are poor, but inside their mud-walled home, the family has stability, love, and routine. One day a convoy of armed men arrives in their village and their world crumbles. The boys survive and make their way to a small city, where they gradually begin to piece together their lives. But when US forces invade the country, militants strike back. A bomb explodes in the market, and Ali is brutally injured.To save his brother, Aziz must join the Special Lashkar, a US-funded militia. As he rises through the ranks, Aziz becomes mired in the dark underpinnings of his country’s war, witnessing clashes between rival Afghan groups—what US soldiers call “green on green” attacks—and those on US forces by Afghan soldiers, violence known as “green on blue.” Trapped in a

Who reads Green on Blue : A Novel?

Author

Ackerman, Elliot

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476778570

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.1 / 5 (501 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14