( Brian Hughes/Toronto Star ) American War, by Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart, 352 pages, $32.95. ( McClelland & Stewart ) Omar El Akkad, author of American War, McClelland & Stewart, 352 pages, $32.95. ( Michael Lionstar )American War is a thought experiment in the form of a dystopian novel. The title is ambiguous, referring both to America’s Second Civil War and the American way of war. American War asks us to imagine the uncomfortable.

Source: thestar April 02, 2017 10:52 UTC