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Osama Van Halen
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ISBN10: 1593762429
ISBN13: 9781593762421
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: Jun 2 2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.16
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781593762421
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: Jun 2 2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.16
Language: English
Amazing Ayyub, an Iranian Shi'ite skinhead, and Rabeya, a burqa-wearing punk, have kidnapped Matt Damon and are holding him hostage. They demand that Hollywood depict Muslims in a positive light--just one movie where we're not these two-dimensional al Qaeda stereotypes. But Damon's concerned they're playing into that same terrorist paradigm, thereby furthering the neoconservative perception of Islam. Meanwhile, Ayyub embarks on a mission to rid the taqwacore scene of a Muslim pop-punk band called Shah 79. Along the way, he makes himself invisible, escapes punk-eating zombies in a mosque off the desert highway, and runs into some psychobilly jinns. Things turn existential when Ayyub finds himself face-to-face with his creator--no, not Allah, but the author. This riotous journey of enlightenment reads like a religious service for teenagers on Halloween. But it isn't all raucous fun; written into his own novel, the author finds he is at the mercy of his creation.
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