"A masterly and elegantly told story that weaves together the Iraqi past and present."

-- New York Times Book Review

"A first-class investigation... that tells the reader more about the tensions of living close to power in Saddam's dictatorship."

-- Washington Post

The Weight of a Mustard Seed is an unprecedented and intimate account of Iraqi life under Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, revealed through the tragic story of one of the dictator's loyal generals. Journalist Wendell Steavenson writes thrilling nonfiction with a novelist's flair, offering a new perspective on life inside a totalitarian regime that is as moving, compelling, and dramatic as The Kite Runner and The Bookseller of Kabul.

• We started tracking this book on October 8, 2011.
• This book was $10.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 133 times in the past 5,048 days.
• The current price of this book is $0.99 last checked one day ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $0.50.
• The lowest price to date was $0.50 last reached on May 9, 2025.
• This book has been $0.50 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.49 last reached on September 2, 2016.
• This book has been $13.49 one time since we started tracking it.

• Biographies & MemoirsHistoricalMilitary & WarsAfghan & Iraq WarsIraq War

• Publication Date: March 6, 2009
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 306 Pages
• File Size: 54 KB