The Contractor Audiobook

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• “An impressive and moving portrayal of the secret detention and interrogation system from the perspective of an interrogator. By illustrating the systematic dehumanization of both prisoners and interrogators inherent in this system, the novel demands engagement by its readers in the most important moral dilemmas facing the United States in the ‘War on Terror.’”

  — Margaret Satterthwaite, director of The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law 

• “Holdefer is masterful in showing us how George Young slips with frightening ease into an environment where he is inflicting water torture on alleged evildoers. We are shown how easy it is to take the path of least resistance all the way to hell.”

  — Free-Lance Star     

• “A finely tuned character study of a man in personal crisis…Holdefer shows a polished touch with detail and dialogue. The rare humorous moment is dry and often tragic, and the interrogations are so vivid as to make the reader squeamish.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Portray[s] with excruciating, chilling effect the actions of men operating in extreme circumstances when the usual rules of war are absent. A short novel but powerful in its reach, this work…resounds with literary merit and bears the hallmarks of a thriller sure to fly off the shelf.”

  — Library Journal

• “Stylish, fiercely funny and frightening.”

  — Kirkus Reviews