All the Ruined Men

"In this collection, Bill Glose hinges the traumas of war to everyday events: playing poker, hosting a party, digging a pool. All the Ruined Men is an impressive debut from a seasoned storyteller who understands nuance and character and how memory abides inside every present moment. These stories are brutal, disarming, tender, and wrenching. They are also very well-written — lyrical, yet understated — harrowing, piercing, fierce." —Sheri Reynolds, author of The Tender Grave and The Rapture of Canaan

“Through these heartfelt stories Bill Glose shatters the myth of the tight-lipped, stoic veteran.” —Will Mackin, author of Bring Out the Dog

"Brutally honest.... An important book all Americans should read to understand the fallout from twenty years of continuous war." —Brian Castner, author of The Long Walk

"Searing, evocative, masterfully told." —Mark Treanor, author of A Quiet Cadence

"This accomplished book is more than a collection of war tales. It's a reckoning." —Matt Gallagher, author of Empire City and Youngblood

"Glose rivets the reader’s attention with gritty, convincing detail...A tribute to those whose lives were wrecked by fighting in America’s longest war, All the Ruined Men is one of the most moving collections I’ve ever read." —David Poyer, author of Violent Peace and Heroes of Annapolis

"Glose adds his impressive voice to those of writers like Kevin Powers and Phil Klay who have produced powerful fiction about the experience of American soldiers fighting in the 21st-century wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. . . A collection of painfully honest and consistently empathetic glimpses of modern American soldiers in war and peace." —Kirkus, starred review

"Emotionally charged...This sterling connection stands with Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried." —Publishers Weekly starred review