Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein : based on a true story
(2020)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2020
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 38 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781705214114 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12833143, 1705214118 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12833143
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Neil Shah
At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, went to war with thirty-four nations led by the United States. Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war
Mode of access: World Wide Web