A Great Book!!!

Just recently finished reading Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, and was blown away by the book - a true account of the Zeitoun's families many struggles during the Hurricane Katrina debacle. Zeitoun himself is a Syrian-born man who immigrated to the United States, where he met and married his blonde-haired wife, Kathy, a young, forceful woman who had converted to the Muslim faith after becoming jaded with her own Christian institutions. The two of them are raising 3 children, whom Kathy takes out of the city prior to the storm's arrival, leaving her resourceful husband, who runs and manages his own construction business, to protect and defend their home.
Obviously we are all aware of the extent of physical damage that the Hurricane and the broken levee's inflicted upon the city of New Orleans, however I was surprised to read about the rammifications upon the psyche of the not just the residents, but also the officials that were sent there to assist. Despite the factual accuracy of this book, I found myself more than once thinking about the relationship of this book to Cormac McCarthy's The Road. It becomes quickly obvious that not only does power corrupt, but that justice is frequently only in the eyes of the beholder. No matter what your political beliefs, it becomes quite clear that the federal decisions being made during that time were irreversibly damaging to America.