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Matt Ruff’s speculative fiction inverts a historical tragedy: fundamentalist Christians carry out bombing raids outside Baghdad’s towers. Mustafa Baghdadi, part of a homeland security team dedicated to countering this Christian terrorism, travels to the United States with colleagues Salim and Amal. There they investigate artifacts that question the very existence of the United Arab States and suggest that the U.S. is the world’s superpower. Along the way, they encounter figures such as David Koresh, Tim McVeigh, and Richard Rumsfeld. As the story culminates, the illusion of the mirage dissipates, leaving the characters faced with a radically altered global landscape.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Matt Ruff
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