The Mirage
Matt Ruff · 2012
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About the book
Wonderful alternative history (flipping a real tragedy on its head) where fundamentalist Christians bomb towers in Baghdad, Iraq. Mustafa Baghdadi is part of homeland security team in Iraq w. Salim and Amal-fighting Christian terrorism when the twin towers in Baghdad are attacked. Saddam Hussein is a gangster, Osama is a senator with evil intents. Mustafa's team travel to USA to find source of artifacts that suggest the world is a mirage and the U of Arab States is not real, but USA is a superpower, meet David Koresh, Tim McVeigh, Rumsfeld; at end mirage goes away leaving them facing an unknown world.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Editions
- 3
- Reader rating
- 4.2 / 5 (5)
- Pages
- 414
- ISBN
- 9780061976223
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