Charles Sheehan-Miles' acclaimed debut novel was called "a work of pure psychological conflict" by Gannett Newspapers. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh said Prayer at Rumayla is an "...honest and unsparing account...a much needed corrective about a much-misunderstood war."...A fast-paced, in-the-trenches Gulf War novel... -- VVA Veteran Magazine...Honest and unsparing account...A much needed corrective... -- Seymour Hersh, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer PrizeAs timely as tomorrow's newspaper headlines...Brutally honest, direct, and meaningful -- Midwest Book Review, February 2002Bleak and disturbing... dead-on-target ...This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict. -- Gannett Newspapers, December 22, 2001Exposes the dirty underbelly of war... a must for anyone interested in the Gulf War as it really happened...highly recommended -- Desert-Storm.comProfoundly moving, raw, exceptionally well executed...an expertly written psychological thriller...Prayer is easily one of the most impressive books reviewed in this blog. -- The PODler Book Review, May 6, 2007
Charles Sheehan-Miles' acclaimed debut novel was called "a work of pure psychological conflict" by Gannett Newspapers. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh said Prayer at Rumayla is an "...honest and unsparing account...a much needed corrective about a much-misunderstood war."...A fast-paced, in-the-trenches Gulf War novel... -- VVA Veteran Magazine...Honest and unsparing account...A much needed corrective... -- Seymour Hersh, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer PrizeAs timely as tomorrow's newspaper headlines...Brutally honest, direct, and meaningful -- Midwest Book Review, February 2002Bleak and disturbing... dead-on-target ...This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict. -- Gannett Newspapers, December 22, 2001Exposes the dirty underbelly of war... a must for anyone interested in the Gulf War as it really happened...highly recommended -- Desert-Storm.comProfoundly moving, raw, exceptionally well executed...an expertly written psychological thriller...Prayer is easily one of the most impressive books reviewed in this blog. -- The PODler Book Review, May 6, 2007
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