The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas

by Anand Giridharadas

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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 9/11, 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, aren’t so lucky, dying at once.

The True American traces the making of these two men, Stroman and Bhuiyan, and of their fateful encounter. It follows them as they rebuild shattered lives—one striving on Death Row...

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  • ISBN10 0393239500
  • ISBN13 9780393239508
  • Publish Date 11 July 2014 (first published 5 May 2014)
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 4 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint WW Norton & Co
  • Format Hardcover (Deckle Edge)
  • Pages 336
  • Language English