Get ’em Young, Treat ’em Tough, Tell ’em Nothing Malene Engelund Attempts on Death is also

Attempts on Death is also a rich

brings a diverse range of voices to the fore

The late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam régime on Iraqi Kurdistan

who is only sixteen and has already tried to reach Italy on a long

the ‘late work’ of Heiner Müller

Get ’em Young, Treat ’em Tough, Tell ’em Nothing Malene Engelund Attempts on Death is alsoDark, profane, and hilarious, yet ultimately humane, these ten stories are the latest and best of Robin McLeans reports from the eternal battlefront that is the United States. Ranging across the continent, from Alaska to Missouri, from the flatlands to the mountains, each tale is a snapshot of the political, racial, and sexual undercurrents roiling contemporary life, and each finds a way into the nerves and blood that pulse beneath the question of how