Dahlia, identified only by her first name.,is a disaffected suburban housemate and a key protagonist in this homefront narrative. The focal characters include Aaron "Sto" Stojanoski, a recently discharged corporal in the National Guard whose Military Police unit was deployed to Iraq in 2003 and stationed at Camp Crawford and the Abu Ghraib detention center. The author employs a limited omniscient third-person point-of-view. "Strange Hells" comprises the "A" narrative (sections 1 and 5, both set in a Utah suburb). The novel presents three main storylines, divided into five sections resembling the configuration similar to " Russian nesting dolls": "A-B-C-B-A." The intertwining narratives revolve around the US invasion and occupation of Iraq in the early years of the war and its impact on a number of American and Iraqi soldiers and civilians. War Porn is set just prior to and during the early years of the Iraq War (2003-2011) The term "war porn" refers to graphic images of violence collected in war zones, often "viewed voyeuristically for emotional gratification." Structure Scranton served with the US Army from 2002 to 2006, and was deployed as a Specialist with the 1st Armored Division to Baghdad in 20. The novel presents structurally integrated stories told through both third- and first-person narratives presenting contrasting and complex perspectives on the Iraq war. War Porn is a anti-war novel by Roy Scranton completed in 2011 and published in 2016 by Soho Press.
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