Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)

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Although most of Lee’s books are Jack Reacher novels, he has also contributed to a number of anthologies as well as written some short stories involving more of Jack Reacher! He left the armed forces in 1997, partly due to a reduction in the forces and partly because he verbally offended a lieutenant colonel during an investigation in Mississippi, who then singled him out for discharge. In this short piece, the creator of Jack Reacher shares the origins of the ex-military cop who now makes use of his skills in the civilian world-a place where he never feels quite at home. Rick Gekoski, writing for The Guardian, takes a similar if darker interpretation of the character: "Reacher is, of course, in a long line of American outcast heroes who abjure emotional ties, head out into the wilderness and take upon their own broad shoulders the primitive moral conscience of the tribe. After working in the theater, he began an eighteen-year career with Granada Television in Manchester.

He is meticulous, doesn't mind paperwork, and is usually underestimated because he looks like a white-collar office worker. Instead the man extorted money and hurt people and when "finally he opened the wrong door, what came out at him was his problem, not mine". Bob Cornwell quotes Lee Child's reply in another interview as having created Reacher "as an antidote, to all the depressed and miserable alcoholics that increasingly peopled the genre". He also reveals that his size is purely genetic; he states in Persuader [51] and Never Go Back that he is not much of an exercise enthusiast. And I had tried, mostly, which had sometimes caused me trouble, and sometimes won me medals of my own.He finds that Reacher's actions are a manifestation of Child's anger at his sacking and that his violent ways of dealing with villains is "cathartic" to the author. Child also views Reacher as " post-feminist" stating that he does not parlay in "gender distinction. If you’re a die-hard Jack Reacher fan, you’ll know that this series has kept many readers (probably including you) in gripping-thriller heaven for a good long number of years.

White characterises the titular protagonist as a "wanderer, a hero who is a bit alienated from the establishment, but whose sense of justice is strong. In this short piece, the creator of Jack Reacher shares the origins of the ex-military cop who now makes use of his skills in the civilian world—a place where he never feels quite at home.

After four years at West Point (1979 to 1983) Reacher achieved the ranks of 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, captain, and major, [15] including an intervening demotion from major to captain [16] in 1990 [13] during his tenure in the military police. Sanchez is also featured in Bad Luck and Trouble, working in Las Vegas with Manuel Orozco, and is mentioned in Never Go Back.