Artist talk: Omar el Akkad

From the venue:

In a sweltering Southern landscape - about 60 years from now - a second Civil War has divided the country. Rising ocean levels have consumed much of the coastal U.S., a plague has decimated the population and a fossil fuel prohibition is in effect. In his debut novel, American War, journalist and author Omar El Akkad tells the story of Sarat Chestnut's journey from childhood innocence to serve the zealots of war. Like all good science fiction the story unfolds in the future, but it's a veiled metaphor for mistakes made in the here and now. For A Cappella Books' Writers @ the Wrecking Bar series, El Akkad signs copies of American War and sits with yours truly to discuss the book's cautionary tale and how it relates to the modern world.

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- Chad Radford