Mr. Franklin Alfred Kirby Edwards is a political essayist and satirist who lives with his pet alpaca "Mukie" on a small, rural farm in the Western United States. He was educated at several American universities. He says his hobbies include reading spy thrillers, speaking Latin with friends over a glass of iced chardonnay and playing pickle ball. He likes loud music with three chords.
Torture isn't meant to be funny nor politically correct. But if there is a smidgeon of humor in it, satirist and political essayist Franklin Alfred Kirby Edwards will find it, and has. In this "narrative essay" the author deals with the dark subject of CIA torture of terrorist suspects in the years following the even darker and deadly September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. He brings lavish facts and insight as well as logical breadth and refreshing opinion to the task, all ladled with pinches of needle-sharp satire and literary wit. And readers take off your blinders because The Water Board Jungle (38,000 words) isn't a near-sighted political tract. It's more, much, much more. Its often laconic commentary tells the story of what America has become post-9-11, and acts as a sobering slap in the face, and shouts "Snap out of it!"
Título : The Water Board Jungle
EAN : 9781310532023
Editorial : R.D. Byron-Smith
El libro electrónico The Water Board Jungle está en formato ePub
¿Quieres leer en un eReader de otra marca? Sigue nuestra guía.
Puede que no esté disponible para la venta en tu país, sino sólo para la venta desde una cuenta en Francia.
Si la redirección no se produce automáticamente, haz clic en este enlace.
Conectarme
Mi cuenta