A gay deserter from the war in Iraq, now adrift in a fictional West African country, vows to save a young…more
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A gay deserter from the war in Iraq, now adrift in a fictional West African country, vows to save a young girl trafficked into prostitution to redeem himself for an earlier promise he could not keep. Kirkus Reviews called it "literary dynamite" and named it one of the year's Best Books when first published.
