Rave reviews of American War by Omar El Akkad

Jeff VanderMeer on the biggest dystopia of spring, ‘American War’ by Omar El Akkad — LA Times

Why dystopian fiction is just history repeating itself — Toronto Star

A Fictional (So Far) History of the Second American Civil War – The New York Times

Omar El Akkad’s American War, reviewed: A masterful debut – Globe and Mail

How a bad day at work was the push Omar El Akkad needed – CBC

Wordfest presents Omar El Akkad

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 @ 7pm
Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2nd Street SW, Calgary

In the Wordfest Lab at Memorial Park Library, Omar El Akkad presents an audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle — a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. Hosted by Eric Volmers.