The Girl in Green

Derek B. Miller

2017年4月 · Bolinda · 旁述：Robert G. Slade

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1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, 100 miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones, in part to avoid his lacklustre marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Hobbes is a Midwestern American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus, or might be a brilliant lunatic with a death wish – it’s hard to tell. Operation Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice-cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is shot in the back and dies in Hobbes’s arms. The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both. Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, the two men meet again. Benton and relief worker Märta Ström are persuaded by a much-changed Hobbes to embark on what may be a fool’s errand in a last-chance effort to redeem themselves when the girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she? Set against the war-torn landscape of a shattered Iraq, The Girl in Green is an adventure story told with all the wit, humanity and insight of Miller’s acclaimed debut, Norwegian by Night.

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Derek B. Miller was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and has lived abroad for over fifteen years in Israel, England, Hungary, Switzerland, and Norway. His interest in fiction began a few years after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College. Currently, Derek is the director of The Policy Lab and a senior fellow with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. He has a PhD in international relations from the University of Geneva, and an MA in national security studies from Georgetown University, in cooperation with St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford. He lives in Oslo with his wife and children.

Robert Slade is a Canadian stage, film and television actor residing in London. He began his career in theatre and has since expanded to work in film and television. His on-screen roles include children's show Fred Penner's Place and For the Moment, alongside Russell Crowe. In 2005, he moved to London where his career flourished appearing in Casino Royale, Hyde Park on Hudson, Red Lights and in the BBC documentary The Wild West: Billy the Kid. He has also recorded radio commercials and audiobooks and appeared as multiple characters in the computer games So Blonde and ShellShock2.