Ben Fountain
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Language
English
Description
In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis Twice before in its history, the United States has been faced with a crisis so severe it was forced to reinvent itself in order to survive: first, the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War, and the second, the Great Depression, which...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been toppled in a violent coup d'etat, bringing to power a brutal military dictatorship. With turmoil in the streets and an international embargo threatening to destroy even the country's most powerful players, some are looking to gain an advantage in chaos--and others are just looking to make it through another day. American expat Matt Amaker, forced out of his beachfront scuba shop by a drug-smuggling...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents at "the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal" -- three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew -- has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. For the past two weeks, the Bush administration has sent them on a media-intensive nationwide Victory Tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. Now, on this chilly...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
229, 16 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A debut anthology of short fiction features a group of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "The Good Ones Are Already Taken" and "The Lion's Mouth."