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American war

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

American war

By Omar El Akkad

1 Ratings • 3.0 of 5

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About the book

'[American War] creates as haunting a post-apocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy did in The Road, and as devastating a look at the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America . . . El Akkad has written a novel that not only maps the harrowing effects of violence on one woman and her family, but also becomes a disturbing parable about the ruinous consequences of war on ordinary civilians.' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Sarat Chestnu...Show more

Dystopian and utopian fiction
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Book details

ISBN

9781509852208

Publisher

Picador

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

American war

Format

Paperback

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