As the author awaits his daughter's birth, the release of the Abu Ghraib photographs exacerbates his growing outrage and obsession with torture. He travels to Istanbul to meet some of the Iraqi men depicted in the photos. A modern exploration of the fears and joys of becoming a father in the post-9/11 era. "Finely crafted mosaic of edgy beauty, ambushing drama, and unsparing reflections."—Booklist