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When a car explodes in a crowded part of Kabul ten years after 9/11, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the passengers were acquaintancesthree fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle. Alexandra was a human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan women. Justin was a born-again Christian who taught at a local school. Clay was an ex-soldier who worked as a private contractor. The car s driver, Idris, was one of Justin s most promising pupilsand he is missing. Drawn to the secrets of these strangers, and increasingly convinced the events that led to the fatal explosion weren t random, the journalist follows a trail that leads from Kabul to Louisiana, Maine, Quebec, and Dubai. In the process, the tortured narratives of these individuals become inseparable from the larger story of America s imperial misadventures.