Every Man in this Village is a Liar is an honest and confronting memoir about the reality of the conflicts and war in the Middle East. “It’s not necessarily focused on combat zones exclusively, it’s also about the war for ideas, the war for democracy for Islamism,” Stack said in a 2010 C-SPAN interview. “There are a lot of themes woven into it.” Stack opens the novel with her experiences with sexual assault from Mohammed Zaman, who was her best source until this occurred. She also goes on to explain the meaning behind the title. “Every Man in this Village is a Liar” is the reality of Afghanistan after September 2011. If a person is telling the truth, they’re lying. If they’re lying, they’re telling the truth. Afghanistan was a country of deception
