{"product_id":"war-porn-paperback-by-roy-scranton","title":"War Porn Paperback by Roy Scranton","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSoho Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-08-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e352\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781616958336\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e312.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.83 x 14.22 x 2.29\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the best and most disturbing war novels in years.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Wall Street Journal \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“War porn,” \u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e. Videos, images, and narratives featuring graphic violence, often brought back from combat zones, viewed voyeuristically or for emotional gratification. Such media are often presented and circulated without context, though they may be used as evidence of war crimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWar porn is also, in Roy Scranton’s searing debut novel, a metaphor for the experience of war in the age of the War on Terror, the fracturing and fragmentation of perspective, time, and self that afflicts soldiers and civilians alike, the global networks and face-to-face moments that suture our fragmented lives together. In \u003ci\u003eWar Porn\u003c\/i\u003e three lives fit inside one another like nesting dolls: a restless young woman at an end-of-summer barbecue in Utah; an American soldier in occupied Baghdad; and Qasim al-Zabadi, an Iraqi math professor, who faces the US invasion of his country with fear, denial, and perseverance. As \u003ci\u003eWar Porn \u003c\/i\u003ecuts from America to Iraq and back again, as home and hell merge, we come to see America through the eyes of the occupied, even as we see Qasim become a prisoner of the occupation. Through the looking glass of \u003ci\u003eWar Porn\u003c\/i\u003e, Scranton reveals the fragile humanity that connects Americans and Iraqis, torturers and the tortured, victors and their victims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eRoy Scranton is the author of \u003ci\u003eWar Porn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLearning to Die in the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War\u003c\/i\u003e. His journalism, essays, and fiction have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He holds a PhD in English from Princeton and an MA from the New School for Social Research, and teaches in the Department of English at the University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556146892961,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781616958336","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781616958336.jpg?v=1781806615","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/war-porn-paperback-by-roy-scranton","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}