Terrorist

By:

Updike, John

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Penguin Books; 2006Description: 310pISBN:

9780241143513

Subject(s):

Terrorism

DDC classification:

303.62 UPD

Summary: In his extraordinary and highly charged new novel, John Updike tackles one of America's most burning issues - the threat of Islamist terror from within. Set in contemporary New Jersey, Terrorist traces the journey of one young man, from radicalism to fundamentalism to terrorism, against the backdrop of a fraying urban landscape and an increasingly fragmented community. In beautiful prose, Updike dramatises the logic of the fundamentalist terrorist - but also suggests ways in which we can counter it, in our words and our actions...

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In his extraordinary and highly charged new novel, John Updike tackles one of America's most burning issues - the threat of Islamist terror from within. Set in contemporary New Jersey, Terrorist traces the journey of one young man, from radicalism to fundamentalism to terrorism, against the backdrop of a fraying urban landscape and an increasingly fragmented community. In beautiful prose, Updike dramatises the logic of the fundamentalist terrorist - but also suggests ways in which we can counter it, in our words and our actions...

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