The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers
In this haunting fictional account, an Iraq war veteran contemplates the lives, including his own, devasated by the random violence of war.
Read Time: ~5.9 hr
A Hologram for the King
by Dave Eggers (2012)
About this book
"In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great"--Publisher.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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