Sebastian Junger

S'il se lit comme un roman, s'il en a parfois l'apparence au hasard de quelques chapitres, ce récit n'est pas une fiction, c'est une reconstitution. Aux dires de l'auteur, même les dialogues retranscrits sont réels. Les personnages existent toujours ou ont existé, les faits aussi. Les faits justement : à l'automne …

In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of …

A riveting collection of literary journalism by the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, capped off brilliantly by a new Afterword and a timely essay about war-torn Afghanistan - a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban's defeat in Kabul - new to book form. Sebastian Junger has made a specialty of bringing to …

Now a New York Times bestseller We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin …