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Abraham the Anchor Baby Terrorist
Abraham is supposed to grow up to be a terrorist. But things don't always turn out the way they're supposed to.
As the inaugural birth in service to the Anchor Baby Terrorist Training Program, Abraham represents different things to different people. He is a way to make money, a means to leave an oppressive home in favor of America, an excuse to fall in love, an opportunity to expand power, a good son, a best friend, a big man on campus, a murder suspect, a media plaything, a source of pride, of fear, of shame…and ultimately something elusive.
As the inaugural birth in service to the Anchor Baby Terrorist Training Program, Abraham represents different things to different people. He is a way to make money, a means to leave an oppressive home in favor of America, an excuse to fall in love, an opportunity to expand power, a good son, a best friend, a big man on campus, a murder suspect, a media plaything, a source of pride, of fear, of shame…and ultimately something elusive.
250 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2012
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Sean Boling
19 books1 followerSean lives with his family in Templeton, California. He teaches English at Cuesta College.
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March 11, 2014
This is an interesting and well written novel, which can be downloaded from Smashwords here:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
It's about an attempt by Islamic terrorists to insert a “sleeper” agent into the US by smuggling a pregnant Algerian woman into the country; her son, Abraham, is to be raised as a terrorist. The author skilfully keeps you guessing as to whether Abraham will turn out as intended by his terrorist mentors and after a slightly slow start, I found it hard to put down. It has interesting things to say about terrorism, immigration and racism – but it can be read on a number of different levels (for example, you could see it as being about free will versus fate or nature versus nurture). Although a gripping story, it’s not really a thriller; instead, try to imagine the writers of “The Wire” doing with terrorism what they did with drug crime (but minus the law enforcement angle). Then re-imagine that as a literary novel with shades of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid. If (as is entirely possible) you're not sure what I'm driving at with these slightly convoluted comparisons, you can read a longer review here:
http://paulsamael.com/blog/abraham-th...
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
It's about an attempt by Islamic terrorists to insert a “sleeper” agent into the US by smuggling a pregnant Algerian woman into the country; her son, Abraham, is to be raised as a terrorist. The author skilfully keeps you guessing as to whether Abraham will turn out as intended by his terrorist mentors and after a slightly slow start, I found it hard to put down. It has interesting things to say about terrorism, immigration and racism – but it can be read on a number of different levels (for example, you could see it as being about free will versus fate or nature versus nurture). Although a gripping story, it’s not really a thriller; instead, try to imagine the writers of “The Wire” doing with terrorism what they did with drug crime (but minus the law enforcement angle). Then re-imagine that as a literary novel with shades of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid. If (as is entirely possible) you're not sure what I'm driving at with these slightly convoluted comparisons, you can read a longer review here:
http://paulsamael.com/blog/abraham-th...
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