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The Mirage
A Novel
Taschenbuch von Matt Ruff
Sprache: Englisch

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11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijackfour jetliners. They fly two into theTigris & Euphrates World Trade Towersin Baghdad, and a third into the ArabDefense Ministry in Riyadh. The fourthplane, believed to be bound for Mecca, isbrought down by its passengers. The UnitedArab States declares a War on Terror. Arabianand Persian troops invade the EasternSeaboard and establish a Green Zone inWashington, D.C. . . .
Summer, 2009: Arab Homeland Securityagent Mustafa al Baghdadi interrogatesa captured suicide bomber. The prisonerclaims that the world they are living in isa mirage--in the real world, America is asuperpower, and the Arab states are just acollection of "backward third-world countries."Other captured terrorists have beentelling the same story.
The gangster Saddam Hussein is conductinghis own investigation. And the headof the Senate Intelligence Committee--awar hero named Osama bin Laden--willstop at nothing to hide the truth. As Mustafaand his colleagues venture deeper into theunsettling world of terrorism, politics, andespionage, they are confronted with questionswithout any rational answers, andthe terrifying possibility that their world isnot what it seems.
11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijackfour jetliners. They fly two into theTigris & Euphrates World Trade Towersin Baghdad, and a third into the ArabDefense Ministry in Riyadh. The fourthplane, believed to be bound for Mecca, isbrought down by its passengers. The UnitedArab States declares a War on Terror. Arabianand Persian troops invade the EasternSeaboard and establish a Green Zone inWashington, D.C. . . .
Summer, 2009: Arab Homeland Securityagent Mustafa al Baghdadi interrogatesa captured suicide bomber. The prisonerclaims that the world they are living in isa mirage--in the real world, America is asuperpower, and the Arab states are just acollection of "backward third-world countries."Other captured terrorists have beentelling the same story.
The gangster Saddam Hussein is conductinghis own investigation. And the headof the Senate Intelligence Committee--awar hero named Osama bin Laden--willstop at nothing to hide the truth. As Mustafaand his colleagues venture deeper into theunsettling world of terrorism, politics, andespionage, they are confronted with questionswithout any rational answers, andthe terrifying possibility that their world isnot what it seems.
Über den Autor

Matt Ruff is the author of the novels The Destroyer of Worlds, 88 Names, Lovecraft Country, Bad Monkeys, The Mirage, Set This House in Order, Fool on the Hill, and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 414 S.
ISBN-13: 9780061976230
ISBN-10: 0061976237
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Trade PB
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ruff, Matt
Auflage: Trade Paperback
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Harper Perennial
Maße: 201 x 130 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Matt Ruff
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2013
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 106580306
Über den Autor

Matt Ruff is the author of the novels The Destroyer of Worlds, 88 Names, Lovecraft Country, Bad Monkeys, The Mirage, Set This House in Order, Fool on the Hill, and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 414 S.
ISBN-13: 9780061976230
ISBN-10: 0061976237
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Trade PB
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ruff, Matt
Auflage: Trade Paperback
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Harper Perennial
Maße: 201 x 130 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Matt Ruff
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2013
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 106580306
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