Les sirènes de Baghdad

The third novel in Yasmina Khadra's bestselling trilogy about Islamic

fundamentalism has the most compelling backdrop of any of his novels: Iraq in

the wake of the American invasion. A young Iraqi student, unable to attend

college because of the war, sees American soldiers leave a trail of

humiliation and grief in his small village. Bent on revenge, he flees to the

chaotic streets of Baghdad where insurgents soon realize they can make use of

his anger. Eventually he is groomed for a secret terrorist mission meant to

dwarf the attacks of September 11th, only to find himself struggling with

moral qualms. _The Sirens of Baghdad_ is a powerful look at the effects of

violence on ordinary people, showing what can turn a decent human being into a

weapon, and how the good in human nature can resist.

_From the Trade Paperback edition._