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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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Memoirs

AN AMERICAN DREAMER

David Finkel

Life in a Divided Country

AN AMERICAN DREAMER tells the powerfully, moving story of Brent Cummings, an Iraq War veteran, who many fans of Finkel's works may recognize from his book THE GOOD SOLDIERS (Crichton Books/Macmillan, 2010).

Following Cummings over the course of fifteen years, from service in Iraq to his return to life in America, Finkel immerses himself in Brent's world, offering readers an intimate look into the life of an American war veteran, and the struggles that he, and many Americans, are faced with today in this economic, social, and political climate - one wrought with the demolition of moral and democratic values that he's held dear to him, but with the hope for a better tomorrow.

Finkel's striking and unique story-telling style allows readers to genuinely empathize and feel Brent's frustration and despair about an America that is becoming unrecognizable to him. Simply put, AN AMERICAN DREAMER is a fantastic work of narrative nonfiction, and perfect for readers who also enjoy the works of Katherine Boo and Andrea Elliott.

David Finkel is the leader of the Washington Post's National Reporting team, and is the author of THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE (Crichton Books, 2013) a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, an NPR Book of the Year and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and THE GOOD SOLDIER, one of the New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year, an ALA Alex award-winner, the J. Anthony Lukas book prize, and the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for excellence in reporting. A MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient, Finkel lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Book Published 2024-02-13 by Random House
Book Published 2024-02-13 by Random House

Comments

Brilliantly reported and staggeringly important, An American Dreamer delivers a gripping story that is as illuminating and poignant as it is a punch in the gut.

Here Finkel presents immersive, engaging, and incredibly well-written reporting on Cummings' frank observations about friends, neighbors, and passers-by. Cummings watches Donald Trump stoke and amplify racism and hate, and questions which is the real America... Finkel beautifully captures this contentious moment in our history. Focused in perspective but enormous in impact.

A keenly observed depiction of a divided country... People are complicated. And one of the strengths of this excellent book is how deftly Finkel presents those complications... In this intimate, remarkable book, Finkel lets us inside the worlds of two imperfect men. By doing so, he helps us understand the fragmented reality that is America today.

Japanese: Akishobo

For anyone hoping to understand what has become of America these past twenty years, An American Dreamer and its companion books are indispensable.

In a lovely Atlanta suburb, two neighbors, both decent yet damaged men, find themselves on opposite sides of the fault line in a fracturing America. Finkel's account is poetic, profound and irresistibly page turning. It's "The White Album" for a new decade of division and dissolution.