American War
by Omar El Akkad
Buy on AmazonAmerican War is the first novel by the Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El Akkad. It is set in the United States in the near future, ravaged by climate change and disease, in which the Second Civil War has broken out over the use of fossil fuels.
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"I am not a big reader of post-apocalyptic fiction. I don’t have much patience for all that world building. But this novel by Omar El Akkad breaks all the conventions. It’s America split in two by another civil war and destroying itself, but it is told as a close portrait of a young girl who is hero, pawn and devil."
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