Booklist says The Junior Officers' Reading Club "may be one of the best to come out of the war in Afghanistan"

Already hailed as a classic of war writing in the UK, where it was a bestseller, The Junior Officer’s Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey, available from Riverhead on September 7th, is a revelatory firsthand account of a young enlistee’s profound coming of age amid the frenetic violence, frequent boredom, and almost overwhelming responsibilities that frame a soldier’s experience the way we fight today. Booklist writes "All wars generate fine books. This may be one of the best to come out of Afghanistan."