Germany Arrests King Peter I, the Son of Man, the Messiah
Peter identified sources of frustration and indignity that might bother virtually any German: how one navigates banking, taxation, health care, law.
Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State. He joined the magazine in 2006 after working as a translator, courier, and bootlegger in northern Iraq. He has since reported for The Atlantic from every continent except Antarctica, and on subjects ranging from foreign policy to pro wrestling. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at Yale University.
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