George Packer

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq is a non-fiction book detailing the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath by American journalist George Packer, otherwise best known for his writings in The New Yorker. He published the work through Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2005. Packer stated that the whole project became …

After serving with the Peace Corps in Togo in 1982-3, George Packer wrote The Village of Waiting about his experiences there. The book chronicles Packer's time as an English teacher in the small village of Lavie, as well as his visits to the capital Lomé and several other African countries. Packer mixes anecdotes …

Betrayed is a play by George Packer.

Central Square: A Novel is a book by George Packer.

A democracia americana esta em crise. Mudancas sismicas no espaco de uma geracao produziram um pais de perdedores e vencedores; ao mesmo tempo que criou possibilidades antes inimaginaveis de ascensao social, e uma liberdade sem precedentes (nos costumes, iniciativa, vida privada), esse novo estado de coisas conduziu o …