[Dust to Dust 01] • A Memoir

“A wonderful book, original in concept and stunningly written.”

—Ward Just

“Elegiac, funny, wistful, deep, and wonderfully human, *Dust to Dust* moved me to laughter and tears, sometimes simultaneously.”

—Karl Marlantes, bestselling author of *Matterhorn* and *What It Is Like to Go to War*

Tim O’Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir, *Dust to Dust* brilliantly explores the passage through a lifetime—a moving meditation on life and death, the adventures of childhood and revelations of adulthood. Seemingly ordinary things take on a breathtaking radiance when examined by this decorated Marine officer—veteran of two combat tours in Iraq—actor on the hit HBO series *The Wire*, and son of acclaimed novelist Frederick Busch. Above all, Benjamin Busch is a truly extraordinary new literary talent as evidenced by his exemplary debut, *Dust to Dust*—an original, emotionally powerful, and surprisingly refreshing take on an American soldier’s story.