No One Thinks of Greenland. [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

In a classic army snafu, Corporal Rudy Spruance is off-loaded from an airplane at a military installation in an unknown, very remote place. Awakening in a hospital bed after being bitten by a monstrous cloud of mosquitoes near the runway, he learns that he is in Greenland, at a secret hospital housing the most maimed and disfigured wounded of the Korean War. It's 1959, and only about "66 and two thirds" such victims remain. As Rudy finds his way, he learns that the limbless and faceless victims were reported missing in action. As they die in Greenland, next of kin are notified that their remains have been recovered in Korea. Rooted in truth, this is a terrific--possibly great--first novel. The sense of place is vivid, especially the Stark Raving Dark, the long winter that causes everyone to lose all sense of time, brawl senselessly, and burst into crying jags. The hospital wing that houses the victims is surreal but, oddly, as comforting as it is horrific. Primary characters, particularly the charismatic and enigmatic CO and the diffident Spruance, are fully formed. And the military mentality and attendant bureaucracy that influence everything but the environment offer a narrative glue for a quirky, affecting, and powerful read. Thomas Gaughan
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A debut novel set in 1959 which has been compared to }Catch 22{ and }M*A*S*H{. Corporal Rudy Spruce finds himself in a remote military hospital in Greenland after enlisting in the US army.

Corporal Rudy Spruance is sent to Qangattarsa, Greenland, to an American military hospital so secret that it doesn't officially exist. There he meets a wild array of characters - and falls for the commanding officer's mistress.

John Griesemer, 1947 geboren, ist der Autor der Romane Rausch, der monatelang auf der Spiegel-Bestseller-Liste stand, und Niemand denkt an Grönland, der mit Jason Biggs in der Hauptrolle unter dem Titel Guy X verfilmt wurde. John Griesemer lebt mit seiner Familie in New Hampshire.