'a Marvel, Describing The Interlinked Fates Of Antagonists In A Forgotten War-scape - And The Complicity Of Our Own Sheltered Lives In Remote Conflicts' Pankaj Mishra, Guardian, Summer Reads 2018a Savage, Irreverent Satire Telling Important Truths About The Absurdity Of War And The Impossibility Of Peace. An American Pilot Crash Lands In The Desert And Takes Refuge In The Very Camp He Was Supposed To Bomb. Hallucinating Palm Trees And Worrying About Dehydrating To Death Isn't What Major Ellie Expected From This Mission. Still, It's An Improvement On The Constant Squabbles With His Wife Back Home. Things Aren't Much Better For Teenage Momo And His Dog, Both Trapped In The Camp. His Money-making Schemes Are Failing, His Brother Left For His First Day At Work And Never Returned, His Parents Are At Each Other's Throats, And An Aid Worker Has Shown Up Wanting To Research Him For Her Book On The Teenage Muslim Mind.