The bloody frontlines of America's war in Afghanistan have been transplanted to the Sundance Film Festival thanks to a gripping documentary vying for honors here. "Restrepo," is a visceral account of a year spent embedded alongside 15 American soldiers stationed at a remote mountain outpost in the Korengal Valley, where Taliban attacks are almost a daily occurrence. Sebastian Junger ...

A DEATH IN BELMONT by Sebastian Junger 4th Estate,

I'm so glad I came to this book fresh, my mind open and unsullied by all that had gone before. As it was, I could sit back and enjoy the labyrinthine plot with all its platitudinous twists and unexpected turns as a real beginner without one preconceived idea in my ...