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Author Varma, Rahul, author

Title Truth and treason / Rahul Varma
Published Toronto, Ontario : Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd., [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (94 pages) : illustrations
Summary "It is 2007, and Iraq is roiling under the American occupation. Fractured by warring political factions, threatened by Islamic fundamentalism, preyed on by American industrialists, it is a place where the cry of a dying child often goes unheard. Against this backdrop, the Americans prepare to host the Conference for Democracy and the Salvation of Iraq, a glittering assembly of powerful Iraqis and Americans. One day, at the checkpoint in front of the conference, a little girl called Ghazal Ahad in search of her father is shot by an unidentified American soldier. As the conference unfolds, American commanders struggle to contain the fallout from the "incident." Nonetheless, a Sheikh declares a fatwa, the Iraqi prime minister finds his government threatened, and the commander in charge, Hektor, who harbors a secret past, is forced to protect both the army and himself. At the centre of this chaos unfolds an intensely private drama of grief, revenge and forgiveness. As the turmoil tightens around them, we are led to question not only what comprises "war" and "terror," but how, where and by whom the real "war on terror" is fought."-- Provided by publisher
Notes A play
Print version record
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Drama
Americans -- Iraq -- 21st century -- Drama
DRAMA -- American.
Americans
SUBJECT Iraq -- 21st century -- Drama
Subject Iraq
Genre/Form Drama
Drama.
Théâtre.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781988449258
1988449251
9781988449074
1988449073