Eat the Apple: A Memoir
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Published:
Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Matt Young. (2018). Eat the Apple: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Matt Young. 2018. Eat the Apple: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Matt Young, Eat the Apple: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Matt Young. Eat the Apple: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Description
"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)—a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man.

Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq, where the testosterone, danger, and stakes for him and his fellow grunts were dialed up a dozen decibels.
With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the absurdism of 21st-century war, the manned-up vulnerability of those on the front lines, and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war.
Searing in its honesty, tender in its vulnerability, and brilliantly written, Eat the Apple is a modern war classic in the making and a powerful coming-of-age story that maps the insane geography of our times.
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Details
Street Date:
02/27/2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781632869524
ASIN:
B076HD1N3R
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection11
Nielsen Library00
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
15a48ec8-3d2f-0693-e737-445a5d4fe9fa
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Mar 08, 2018 16:22:55
Date Updated:
Sep 06, 2023 04:02:20
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 24, 2024 08:19:35
Last Metadata Change:
Jan 30, 2024 09:45:55
Last Availability Check:
Mar 24, 2024 08:19:39
Last Availability Change:
Jun 05, 2023 10:03:16
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 27, 2024 21:06:23

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2183-1/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2183-1/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2183-1/0C5/A5B/26/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2183-1/0C5/A5B/26/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781632869524
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B076HD1N3R
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781632869524
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9781632869517
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Matt Young
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Eat the Apple
dateAdded
2018-03-09T03:47:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=162&titleID=3742830
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Marmot Library Network (CO)
          • id: 1201
sortTitle
Eat the Apple A Memoir
crossRefId
3742830
subtitle
A Memoir
id
0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA
starRating
3.9

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: EattheApple_9781632869524_3742830
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 9068156
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781632869524
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 0
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 2/27/2018
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0c5a5b26-da5e-4d30-afea-27b0a38f74ba&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: EattheApple_3742830
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B076HD1N3R
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 2/27/2018
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0c5a5b26-da5e-4d30-afea-27b0a38f74ba&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: EattheApple_9781632869524_3742830
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 7584407
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781632869524
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 2/27/2018
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0c5a5b26-da5e-4d30-afea-27b0a38f74ba&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: experience
      • value: warfare
      • value: US Military
      • value: occupation
      • value: Soldier
      • value: Isis
      • value: Marines
      • value: gulf
      • value: memoir
      • value: Iraq War
      • value: Literary
      • value: russia ukraine
      • value: afghanistan taliban
      • value: anti-war soldiers
      • value: emerald city imperial
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Young, Matt
      • name: Matt Young
imprint
Bloomsbury USA
publishDate
2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Eat the Apple
fullDescription
"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)—a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man.

Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq, where the testosterone, danger, and stakes for him and his fellow grunts were dialed up a dozen decibels.
With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the absurdism of 21st-century war, the manned-up vulnerability of those on the front lines, and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war.
Searing in its honesty, tender in its vulnerability, and brilliantly written, Eat the Apple is a modern war classic in the making and a powerful coming-of-age story that maps the insane geography of our times.
popularity
422
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1ByAAAAA2r/products/0c5a5b26-da5e-4d30-afea-27b0a38f74ba/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
0c5a5b26-da5e-4d30-afea-27b0a38f74ba
starRating
3.9
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2183-1/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2183-1/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2183-1/0C5/A5B/26/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2183-1/0C5/A5B/26/{0C5A5B26-DA5E-4D30-AFEA-27B0A38F74BA}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Biography & Autobiography
      • value: Military
      • value: Nonfiction
publishDateText
02/27/2018
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9781632869517
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)—a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man.

Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq, where the testosterone, danger, and stakes for him and his fellow grunts were dialed up a dozen decibels.
With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive,...
sortTitle
Eat the Apple A Memoir
crossRefId
3742830
subtitle
A Memoir
publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
bisacCodes
      • code: BIO008000
      • description: Biography & Autobiography / Military
      • code: BIO026000
      • description: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs