Title: Atta The Whitman Of Tikrit
Description: In the summer of 1999, Mohamed Atta defended a master's thesis that critiqued the introduction of Western-style skyscrapers in the Middle East and called for the return of the "Islamic-Oriental city." Using this as a departure point, Jarett Kobek's novel ATTA offers a fictionalized psychedelic biography of Mohamed Atta that circles around a simple question: what if 9/11 was as much a matter of architectural criticism as religious terrorism? Following the development of a socially awkward boy into one of history's great villains, Kobek demonstrates the need for a new understanding of global terrorism. The second work, "The Whitman of Tikrit" is a radical reimagining of Saddam Hussein's last day before capture.
Subjects: Terrorists, fiction, United states, fiction, September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, fiction, Terrorism, fiction, Fiction, biographical, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Fiction