Description
In a war zone that seems to run on rumor, exhaustion, and bad intentions, an American pilot crash-lands in the desert and stumbles into the outskirts of the very camp he was meant to destroy. Rescued by Momo, a teenager trying to keep his family afloat amid collapsing relationships and failed schemes, the two are pulled into a surreal tangle of survival, mistaken narratives, and intrusive “help.” As Momo searches for his older brother—who left for an American base and never came back—the story sharpens into a darkly comic indictment of how power, propaganda, and well-meaning intervention can become another weapon. With Mohammed Hanif’s trademark wit and razor-edged satire, this novel exposes the absurdity of war and the human cost of systems that claim to know what people need.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 2019
263 pages
ISBN: 9780802147295
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif.