The weight of a mustard seed
By: Wendell Steavenson
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781843543053
Subjects: Family; Generals; Biography; Social life and customs; Politics and government; Families; Manners and customs
Description: A story of one family's struggle to survive the iniquities of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. It tells the story of General Kamel Sachet and those closest to him - his wife, his sons and daughters, his friend, a psychiatrist, the head of the Republican Guard and a director of Abu Ghraib prison - during Saddam's four wars and brutal repression.
Notes: Map on lining papers.
Table of contents: title: His wife; title: His first victory; title: His eldest and favorite daughter; title: Inside; title: Yes... but; title: His third and most religious son; title: "Are you sure it's not kut?"; title: Euphemisms; title: Uprising; title: The good Caliph; title: Mosque; title: His Sheikh; title: Shame; title: Pride; title: Waiting; title: The carcass of an abandoned refrigerator; title: Collection; title: Generals in general.