Matt Ruff: The Mirage, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Mirage
- A Novel
- Verlag:
- Harper Collins Publ. USA, 02/2013
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Trade PB
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780061976230
- Artikelnummer:
- 2497517
- Umfang:
- 414 Seiten
- Ausgabe:
- Trade Paperback
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2013
- Gewicht:
- 341 g
- Maße:
- 203 x 136 mm
- Stärke:
- 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 12.2.2013
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
In the summer of 2009, Arab Homeland Security agent Mustafa al Baghdadi is plunged into a conspiracy involving Suddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee when a captured suicide bomber claims that the world in which they live is a mirage.
Klappentext
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.
Biografie
Matt Ruff wurde 1965 in New York geboren und wuchs als Sohn eines lutheranischen Pfarrers in Queens auf. Er studierte bei Alison Lurie und schloß 1987 sein Studium an der Cornell University, Ithaca, ab. 1991 erschien die deutsche Ausgabe seines Erstlingswerks 'Fool on the Hill'.
