The Weight of a Mustard Seed

Download or read book The Weight of a Mustard Seed written by Wendell Steavenson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterly and elegantly told story that weaves together the Iraqi past and present.” —New York Times Book Review “A first-class investigation…that tells the reader more about the tensions of living close to power in Saddam’s dictatorship.” —Washington Post The Weight of a Mustard Seed is an unprecedented and intimate account of Iraqi life under Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, revealed through the tragic story of one of the dictator’s loyal generals. Journalist Wendell Steavenson writes thrilling nonfiction with a novelist’s flair, offering a new perspective on life inside a totalitarian regime that is as moving, compelling, and dramatic as The Kite Runner and The Bookseller of Kabul.