'Gaza, Wyoming'

I would say the number one question I get from people I talk to these days is, “What do you think the world would be like if President Obama lost the 2012 election and, after the Israel-Hamas conflict of 2014, President Romney pushed through a Middle East peace plan that required the U.S. to absorb the Palestinian refugee population, outside the West Bank, which resulted in camps being built in Wyoming?” To which my answer is, “Fuck if I know, I can barely imagine what the world would be like if I were able to brush my teeth in the morning without bursting into tears.” BUT now I don’t have to share that terrible revelation of just how sorry my existence is. Now I can direct those people to a novel written by Awl pal Seth Colter Walls which explores exactly that scenario! Yes, indeed, Gaza, Wyoming, available as an e-book or a book book, is here for all of you who a) have wondered about such a thing or b) are looking to read a book (e- or otherwise) Keith Gessen calls a “beguiling debut novel… as funny as it is terrifying.” There’s an except here! Go read and buy, and, please, stop asking me that question.