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Painting the Sand

By: Kim Hughes
Narrated by: Oliver Hemsbrough
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This is a book about science, bombs and what happens to the human psyche when every day you go to work might be your last.

Kim Hughes is the most highly decorated bomb disposal operator serving in the British Army. He was awarded the George Cross in 2009 following a gruelling six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, during which he defused 119 improvised explosive devices, survived numerous Taliban ambushes and endured a close encounter with the Secretary of State for Defence.

The backdrop to Painting the Sand is the Afghan War, the conflict where the cold courage of the bomb disposal operator rose to national prominence. No other field of warfare offers the chance of a single individual to come so close to his enemy and fight out a battle of wits where losing means death. This is one of the best memoirs that will come out of a 10-year struggle to defeat a hidden and enduring enemy.

©2017 Kim Hughes (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
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I was Gripped from start to finish. written honestly and the writer ulled no punches

awesome read

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True look at the war in Afghanistan, soldiers’ life, and the job of a bomb disposal expert. Unfiltered, incredibly moving, humbling, incredibly impressive. Very well written and great narration. Thanks for sharing.

Breathtaking and unfiltered

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Incredible how soldiers risk their lives to keep us civilian’s safe, I’ll never understand why, but admire and respect their bravery

A must read

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