The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed "American terrorist" named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the Dallas minimart where Bhuiyan has found temporary work and shoots him, maiming and nearly killing him. Two other victims, at other gas stations, aren’t so lucky, dying at once. The True American traces the making of these two men, Stroman and Bhuiyan, and of their fateful encounter. It follows them as they rebuild shattered lives―one striving on Death Row to become a better man, the other to heal and pull himself up from the lowest rung on the ladder of an unfamiliar country.
Record details
ISBN:0393239500
ISBN:9780393239508
Physical Description:319 pages ; 25 cm print
Edition:First Edition.
Publisher:New York :W. W. Norton & Company,2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note -- Leavings -- The chore -- Outpatient -- Hospitaliano -- Frequent-flier miles -- Gadfly -- The new American -- Bro -- Uncle -- PowerPoint -- Hula hoop -- Arrivals -- Acknowledgments.
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