Terrorist: A Novel - Softcover

Updike, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345498755 ISBN 13: 9780345498755

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007

Synopsis

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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Review:

""Terrorist" leaves the reader ripping through the book to its finale, desperate to find out what happens. . . . [A] compelling and surprising ride."--"USA Today"
"A chilling tale that is perhaps the most essential novel to emerge from September 11."--"People" (Critic's Choice)
"Riveting . . . emotionally daring . . . Updike's ability to get inside the mind of his Ahmad . . . is what renders the novel credible and sometimes wrenching in its authenticity."--"The Boston Globe"

"Terrorist" leaves the reader ripping through the book to its finale, desperate to find out what happens. . . . [A] compelling and surprising ride. "USA Today"
A chilling tale that is perhaps the most essential novel to emerge from September 11. "People" (Critic s Choice)
Riveting . . . emotionally daring . . . Updike s ability to get inside the mind of his Ahmad . . . is what renders the novel credible and sometimes wrenching in its authenticity. "The Boston Globe""

"Terrorist leaves the reader ripping through the book to its finale, desperate to find out what happens. . . . [A] compelling and surprising ride."--USA Today
"A chilling tale that is perhaps the most essential novel to emerge from September 11."--People (Critic's Choice)
"Riveting . . . emotionally daring . . . Updike's ability to get inside the mind of his Ahmad . . . is what renders the novel credible and sometimes wrenching in its authenticity."--The Boston Globe

About the Author:

John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of the New Yorker, to which he has contributed poems, short stories, essays and reviews. Since 1957 he has lived in Massachusetts. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Howells Medal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0345498755
• ISBN 13: 9780345498755
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320