The sirens of Baghdad
Subtitle: a novel
By: Yasmina Khadra
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780434018017; 9780434017621
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Fiction; College students; Revenge; Radicalism; Air travel
Description: Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade Iraq, a young man from a small desert village returns home, where he witnesses three events that transform him. First, American soldiers at a checkpoint kill the sweet and beloved village idiot. Several days later, an American plane bombs a wedding on the outskirts of the village.
Notes: Translated from the French by John Cullen.