Sandstealers

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Ben Brown. Sandstealers

Table of Contents

1. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

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3. The Balkans, January 1994

4. Post-Liberation Baghdad, 2004

5. Sarajevo, 1994

6. Post-Liberation Baghdad, August 2004

7. Sarajevo, January 1994

8. Post-Liberation Baghdad, August 2004

9. Sarajevo, 1994

10. Post-Liberation Baghdad, August 2004

11. London, 1994

12. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

13. Bosnia, 1994

14. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

15. Sarajevo, 1994

16. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

17. London, July 1994

18. Africa, July 1994

19. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

20. Goma, 1994

21. Post-Liberation Baghdad, August 2004

22. Goma, July 1994

23. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

24. Chechnya, 1994

25. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

26. 1995-2004

27. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

28. Post-Liberation Iraq, August 2004

29. Rachel’s Story

30. Post-Liberation Baghdad, August 2004

31. London and Sarajevo, October 2004

Author’s Note

Copyright

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Отрывок из книги

BEN BROWN

Sandstealers

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Rough hands force him down on to his knees. A rifle butt smashes his mouth. The shock of it reminds him of his boyhood: Lukas hitting him, Camille watching. He tastes his own blood, sour and sickly. His tongue discovers a couple of uprooted teeth and briefly probes the holes they’ve left behind.

The final act. One more collective shout of ‘Allahu Akhbar!’ from his kidnappers, a kind of choral harmony to signal that the time has come. The hood is ripped from his head but he cannot look; his eyes are screwed shut.

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