5.0

So gripping and vivid it’s hard to believe this is nonfiction about something that happened 300 years ago. Grann illustrates the darkly hilarious farce that is fighting in a pointless imperial war, as well as the disgusting ideologies and acts of that empire. What unbelievable horrors we inflict on ourselves for something as stupid as, and I can’t believe this is what it’s called, The War of Jenkins’ Ear.