Exit A

""Exit A" boasts a beautifully written hero in naive severin boxx." -- "Seattle Post-Intelligencer"

"In "Exit A", Swofford's prose swaggers...showcasing the genius that made his name in "Jarhead"...proving he can easily hold his own with the giants of American letters." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"

"In "Exit A," Swofford's prose swaggers...showcasing the genius that made his name in "Jarhead."..proving he can easily hold his own with the giants of American letters." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"

"Absorbing...The wacky culture clash that westerners experience in Japan is also carefully observed. Swofford portrays well the two-way love-hate relationships that so often develop when west and east meet." -- The Seattle Times

"Swofford is superb on military life, on the beat and pulse of the hierarchical power and ragged consumption that drive a military base.... [He] has now written two very fine and very different books." -- Bookforum

"Swofford has a great eye for detail and cultural kitsch, which imbues Exit A with a lot of incidental humor despite its weightier themes." -- Los Angeles Times

"Exit A boasts a beautifully written hero in naive severin boxx." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Fascinating...Swift and bold...The tale has undeniable cinematic panache, and Swofford boots it along with the big, thumping V8 of his prose." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"In Exit A, Swofford's prose swaggers...showcasing the genius that made his name in Jarhead...proving he can easily hold his own with the giants of American letters." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Anthony Swofford grew up on military bases in the US and Japan, and joined the Marine Corps in 1988, aged eighteen. He was deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield in 1990 with the Second Battalion, 7th Marines. On leaving the Marines Swofford attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop.