Novel set in 1950s HOLLYWOOD and EALING (London)
Zeitoun
Location(s): New Orleans
Genre(s): Nonfiction
Era(s): 2005
In August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans had been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. He protected neighbours’ properties, fed trapped dogs and rescued survivors. But eventually he came to the attention of those ‘guarding’ this drowned city. Only then did Zeitoun’s nightmare really begin
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