Toploader

If Catch 22 and Dr. Strangelove had a love child in the war-ravaged Middle East, it would be Toploader, a darkly comic novel about the modern imperialist experiment. Set in the occupied zone of an unnamed country and packed with unforgettable “characters”--including at least one very unfortunate donkey and a crucially important American-made washing machine--it's the perfect novel for our uncertain times.