Mirage
A Novel
Edición de la obra The Mirage
| Autor | Matt Ruff |
|---|---|
| Editorial | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Fecha de publicación | 2012 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9780062097934 |
| Número de Cutter | R922m |
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.