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Red Birds

by Mohammed Hanif
David Bendena
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An American pilot crash lands in the desert and finds himself on the outskirts of the very camp he was supposed to bomb. After days spent wandering and hallucinating from dehydration, Major Ellie is rescued by one of the camp's residents, a teenager named Momo, whose entrepreneurial money-making schemes are failing as his family is falling apart: his older brother, Ali, left for his first day of work at an American base and never returned; his parents are at each other's throats; his dog, Mutt, is having a very bad day; and an earthy-crunchy aid worker has shown up wanting to research him for her book on the Teenage Muslim Mind. Amidst the madness, Momo sets out to search for his brother Ali, hoping his new Western acquaintances might be able to help find him. But as the truth of Ali's whereabouts begin to unfold, the effects of American "aid" on this war-torn country are revealed to be increasingly pernicious.

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  • Release date

    May 14, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781666572032
      • File size: 221653 KB
      • Duration: 07:41:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fans of the modern classic CATCH-22 will be pleased to hear narrator David Bendena's warm voice deliver this thought-provoking story, which explores the ugliness of war and U.S. meddling overseas. Told from several perspectives, the story kicks off when Major Ellie's plane crashes in an unknown Middle Eastern desert he is supposed to bomb. Depleted and struggling to survive, he chances upon Momo and his dog, Mutt, and is taken to their camp. There, he becomes entangled in the struggles of people whose lives he is supposed to take. Bendena's fluid voice and careful pacing bring the characters to life, especially Mutt, who speaks with a swaggering American accent. Bendena's performance makes this otherwise challenging work interesting. A.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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