Red birds / Mohammed Hanif.
Publication details: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.Description: 283 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 1408897199
- 9781408897195
- 9781408897188
- 1408897180
- War fiction
- Satirical literature
- Air pilots, Military -- Fiction
- Muslim teenagers -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- War stories
- Diplomatic relations
- War stories
- Middle East - Fiction
- War stories
- United States - Foreign relations - Middle East - Fiction
- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Middle East
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East -- Fiction
- Middle East -- Fiction
- [Fic] 23
- PR6108.A55 R43 2018
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | HAN | Available | 068867 |
An American pilot crash lands in the desert and takes refuge in the very camp he was supposed to bomb. Hallucinating palm trees and worrying about dehydrating to death isn't what Major Ellie expected from this mission. Still, it's an improvement on the constant squabbles with his wife back home. In the camp, teenager Momo's money-making schemes are failing. His brother left for his first day at work and never returned, his parents are at each other's throats, his dog is having a very bad day, and an aid worker has shown up wanting to research him for her book on the Teenage Muslim Mind. Written with his trademark wit, keen eye for absurdity and telling important truths about the world today, Red Birds reveals master storyteller Mohammed Hanif at the height of his powers.