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Anonymous

By: Uzodinma Iweala
Narrated by: Nyambi Nyambi
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Publisher's summary

Welcome back to America! For a man trapped in the Homeland Security machine, passing through customs becomes a nightmarish odyssey in this story by the author of Beasts of No Nation.

He’s a well-traveled consultant arriving home at a metropolitan airport. He’s also become accustomed to extra scrutiny for his brown skin and many-stamped passport. But when he’s whisked away, isolated, and chained in a stark white room without explanation, his reality crumbles. Because what he doesn’t know is the most damning evidence against him.

Anonymous is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single disorienting sitting.

©2019 Uzodinma Iweala (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Best of the bunch

Easily the best of the Disorder collection. Nice prose and atmosphere. I even got a nice quote out of it...


”Patience is a virtue... good things come to those that wait. You never before realize how many aphorisms are just attempts to convince the agitated not to act.”

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Chilling

Reading this sent chills down my spine. What with the tactics that are being employed by the current white nationalist regime in the U.S. I can believe this is how they treat black and brown people; torturing you because of the color of your skin or the differentness of your name or religion... never telling you why they are torturing you and letting you go without saying anything of substance and then justifying that they’re only doing their jobs. It’s disgusting and this book touched on that. Even though this is a short story, it’s effective in getting its point across and it’s eery.

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Hard to follow

This story was very hard for me to follow. It went back and forth a lot. I read part of it on the kindle and listened to part of it on Audible. The narrator was difficult to understand, but the accent did make it more authentic. The story seemed to end without much purpose.

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My Country is Now a Kafkaesque Nightmare

A man detained for no good reason. His life completely disrupted, because my government is paranoid.

This was uncomfortable to hear. It was supposed to be uncomfortable to hear.

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startling story

shocking story that was very well told. Amazing that people have to go through things like this...

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Struggled to finish it!

This story only provides one side of the circumstance. After 9/11 Americans have been paranoid and rightly so.

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Impresive

I felt like I was actually part of the story. I really felt for this guy.

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Can't remove!!!

no option to remove this book from My Library exists within the audible app. At first I had simply changed my mind & didn't want this book; now that Audible is actively forcing me to keep it in my library, I actively despise this book and will NEVER read it, and you can't make me. Stop trying to effing control me. Audible can't even let its users control the contents of our own library. effing Nazis.

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So involving that I felt like it was my ex spouse talking

Traumatic story written and narrated well. I felt traumatized being transported to my first marriage. Very challenging times. Voices done well. Interesting plot twists. I would not listen again, but only due to reliving an abusive marriage with a man with similar attitude, voice, and culture to the main character. Great content for others to experience. I just can’t. Personal repelling experience.

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WOW!

Fantastic
This is masterful written, produced and performed. Very gripping, I saw every step of this unfortunate journey. It’s sad that it is so true for many today.

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Thought provoking.

In this era of Black Lives Matter this short story asks us to look at institutional racism and the irony of seeking "Freedom" in lands that say one thing and then act just as subjugating as the lands you left behind. Worth a listen ...well written, read and produced. Thanks Audible.

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