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2012 Nominated

The Sandbox

David Zimmerman

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Operating Base Cornucopia. A three-hundred-year-old fortress in the remote Iraqi desert where a few dozen soldiers wait for their next assignment, among them Private Toby Durrant, a self-described “broke nobody.” Then a deadly ambush touches off events that put Durrant in the middle of a far-reaching conspiracy. Insurgents massing in the nearby hills, a secretive member of military intelligence, an abandoned toy factory and a mysterious, half-feral child—Durrant must figure out the links between them if he’s to survive.

David Zimmerman

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR David
Zimmerman

David Zimmerman was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Emerson College and the University of Alabama. He spent several years living and working in Brazil and Ethiopia. After winning the Three-Day-Novel Contest, Anvil Press published the resulting novella, Socket. His debut novel, The Sandbox, was published by Soho Press in 2010

David Zimmerman was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Emerson College and the University of Alabama. He spent several years living and working in Brazil and Ethiopia. After winning the Three-Day-Novel Contest, Anvil Press published the resulting novella, Socket. His debut novel, The Sandbox, was published by Soho Press in 2010

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The Sandbox by David Zimmerman is well-researched, highly crafted, suspenseful prose which keeps the reader involved from beginning to end.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
David Zimmerman
Publisher
Soho Press Inc.
Nominating Library
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library - United States

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