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Set in Kuwait, this covers the Iraqi invasion and subsequent occupation while getting into the nitty gritty of the Sunni / Shi'a divisions.

I know about and have read about the Iraqi occupation before and this book built on that knowledge but this was my first deep dive into the two interpretations within Islam.

This has definitely pipped my interest into this topic and I would reread this book once I'm more educated on the subjects.

This is probably a novel that works better in print than audio because of the way it jumps around in time and between what is supposed to be reality versus a story written by the narrator. However, I still enjoyed it. I loved the details of Kuwaiti life both before and after Saddam‘s invasion and the US military intervention. CW for xenophobic language . #readingasia2021 #kuwait