THE TRUE AMERICAN: Murder and Mercy in Texas.
Pp. [xiv]+320(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. black cloth over black papered boards, spine and upper board lettered in white; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2014. First edition. *'The story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to Amer4ican 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' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180612
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