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Jack Reacher is a fictional character and the protagonist of a series of books by British author Jim Grant, who writes under the pen name of Lee Child. A former Major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, Reacher quit at age 36, and roams the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations. The twentieth and most recent novel in the series is titled ''Make Me''. ==Fictional biography== The Jack Reacher character is described as being a former major in the United States Army Military Police Corps. He was born on a military base in Berlin, on 29 October 1960.〔Child (2004) ''The Enemy''〕 His mother was French (neé Josephine Moutier) and he has an older brother Joe: both are fluent in French.〔 A graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, he served 13 years in the Military Police, during which time he became part of a fictional military police unit, the 110th Special Investigations Unit, formed to handle exceptionally tough cases, especially those involving members of the US Army Special Forces. Though he was demoted from major to captain in the prequel novel ''The Enemy'', he regained his rank by the time he mustered out in 1997. He received many military awards during his career, including the Silver Star, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Soldier's Medal, the Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in the bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983.〔Child (2010), ''61 Hours'', p. 229. Quote: "...Reacher had been an army liaison officer serving with the Marine Corps at the time of the barracks bombing. He had been badly wounded in the attack...The wound had healed fast and completely. It had left what the army called a disfiguring scar, which implied a real mess."〕 Since leaving the Army, Reacher has been a drifter. He wanders throughout the US because he was accustomed to being told where to go, when to go and what to do for every day of his life from military childhood to military adulthood. His wandering of the US interior is also driven by a desire to experience the country he served for so long without ever having lived in it: he spent much of his youth at overseas military bases and at West Point. Before 9/11, his only travel baggage was a folding toothbrush; after 9/11 he added a passport and ATM card. He never washes his clothes: when they get too dirty he buys a cheap new set and discards the dirty ones. Regular references are made to the fact that Reacher's given name is Jack, that it is not a nickname for John, and that he has no middle name. His military record officially refers to him as Jack (none) Reacher. From the time he was a boy, his family, even his mother, called him simply "Reacher", an appellation that has stayed with him, but was never given to his brother Joe.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Reacher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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