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The Mirage

by Matt Ruff
Harper: HarperCollins. Feb. 2012. 432p. ISBN 9780061976223. $25.99; eISBN 9780062097934. THRILLER
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On 11/9/01, Christian fundamentalists hijack four jetliners, crashing two into the Tigris & Euphrates World Trade Towers in Baghdad and another into the Arab Defense Ministry in Riyadh. Years later, a suicide bomber interrogated by Arab Homeland Security agent Mustafa al Baghdadi reveals the dirty truth: the Arab states' supremacy is just a mirage, and the real superpower is the United States. Okay, the author did well with Bad Monkeys, but this new thriller could go either way, stimulating some readers while outraging others. Your choice; with a 40,000-copy first printing.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Sep 15, 2011
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