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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction of 2014 Kate Tuttles pickNPR, Staff Pick The Dark Side, Science and Society Eye Opening Reads CategoriesAmazon, Best Books of 2014 Nonfiction Imagine that a terrorist tried to kill you. If you could face him again, on your terms, what would you do?The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 911, an avowed American terrorist named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the Dallas minimart where Bhuiyan has found temporary work and shoots him, maiming and nearly killing him. Two other victims, at other gas stations, arent so lucky, dying at once.



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Anand Giridharadas

Anand Giridharadas is a columnist for The New York Times, writing the Admit One series for its arts pages and the Letter from America for its global edition. Born in Ohio and educated at Oxford, Harvard, and the University of Michigan, he is the author of "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking." He lives in Brooklyn, New York.



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