A Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, The Observer, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.
2074. America's future is Civil War. Sarat's reality is survival. They took her father, they took her home, they told her lies . . .
She didn't start this war, but she'll end it.
Omar El Akkad's powerful debut novel imagines a dystopian future: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague and one family caught deep in the middle. In American War, we're asked to consider what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons against itself.
| ISBN: | 9781509852192 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 2017 |
| Author: | Omar El Akkad |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 333 pages |
| Genres: |
Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic Modern and Contemporary Fiction Dystopian and utopian fiction Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world Narrative theme: Politics Narrative theme: Sense of place |
A Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, The Observer, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.
2074. America's future is Civil War. Sarat's reality is survival. They took her father, they took her home, they told her lies . . .
She didn't start this war, but she'll end it.
Omar El Akkad's powerful debut novel imagines a dystopian future: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague and one family caught deep in the middle. In American War, we're asked to consider what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons against itself.
American War features in the following genres: Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place
American War is available in Paperback, Hardback, , Ebook
American War was written by Omar El Akkad and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
American War has 333 pages