Osama the Gun
| Title | Osama the Gun |
| Year for Search | 2010 |
| Authors | Spinrad, Norman [Richard](b. 1940) |
| Date Published | 2010 |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
| Place Published | Holicong, PA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia in which descendants of Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), the al-Qaeda leader, have established a Caliphate in Pakistan and have nuclear weapons. The novel follows one such man who becomes a secret agent to escape the Caliphate and see the world. |
| Additional Publishers | Originally published as Oussama: Roman. Trans. Niki Copper. Paris: Fayard, 2010. First published in English as an ebook. |
| Info Notes | See Spinrad’s comment on the book at http://normanspinradatlarge.blogspot.com/2011/07/osama-gun-ebook-first-english-language.html. |
| Title Note | Cover adds the subtitle A Novel of the New Caliphate |
| Translation Note | Originally published as Oussama: Roman. Trans. Niki Copper. Paris: Fayard, 2010. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1940) |
| Full Text | 2010 Spinrad, Norman [Richard] (b. 1940). Osama the Gun [Cover adds the subtitle A Novel of the New Caliphate]. Holicong, PA: Wildside Press. Originally published as Oussama: Roman. Trans. Niki Copper. Paris: Fayard, 2010. First published in English as an ebook; see Spinrad’s comment on the book at http://normanspinradatlarge.blogspot.com/2011/07/osama-gun-ebook-first-english-language.html. PSt Dystopia in which descendants of Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), the al-Qaeda leader, have established a Caliphate in Pakistan and have nuclear weapons. The novel follows one such man who becomes a secret agent to escape the Caliphate and see the world. |
