Genre: Novel
Grade: B+
Notable People: Ivan Doig
Title: The Eleventh Man
Review – I have been reading most all of Doig’s stuff for the last year and was really impressed with his “Montana trilogy”. This one continues the Montana-centric work with a few of the same characters and places but a way different story. It’s really good story about the members of an undefeated mythical college football team and their forays during WW Two after all elven of them had joined up. The narrator is a team member who is assigned to a propaganda unit to write stories about the entire “Supreme Tem” throughout the war. The book is a bit predictable throughout which made it less interesting- but well written and pretty amazing accounts of the various locales of the war where the boys are stationed. Not his best effort- but a good read nonetheless.