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The Second Plane

September 11: Terror and Boredom

September 11: Terror and Boredom

By Martin Amis

By Martin Amis

By Martin Amis

By Martin Amis

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Apr 07, 2009 | ISBN 9781400096008

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Apr 01, 2008 | ISBN 9780307269287

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    About The Second Plane

    From a master not only of fiction but also of fiercely controversial political engagement—a collection of essays about 9/11 that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of one of the most momentous events of our time.

    At the heart of this collection is the long essay “Terror and Boredom,” an unsparing analysis of Islamic fundamentalism and the West’s flummoxed response to it, while other pieces address the invasion of Iraq, the realities of Iran, and Tony Blair’s lingering departure from Downing Street (and also his trips to Washington and Iraq). Whether lambasted for his refusal to kowtow to Muslim pieties or hailed for his common sense, wide reading, and astute perspective, Amis is indisputably a great pleasure to read—informed, elegant, surprising—and this collection a resounding contemplation of the relentless, manifold dangers we live with in the twenty-first century.

    About The Second Plane

    From a master not only of fiction but also of fiercely controversial political engagement—a collection of essays about 9/11 that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of one of the most momentous events of our time.

    At the heart of this collection is the long essay “Terror and Boredom,” an unsparing analysis of Islamic fundamentalism and the West’s flummoxed response to it, while other pieces address the invasion of Iraq, the realities of Iran, and Tony Blair’s lingering departure from Downing Street (and also his trips to Washington and Iraq). Whether lambasted for his refusal to kowtow to Muslim pieties or hailed for his common sense, wide reading, and astute perspective, Amis is indisputably a great pleasure to read—informed, elegant, surprising—and this collection a resounding contemplation of the relentless, manifold dangers we live with in the twenty-first century.

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    About Martin Amis

    MARTIN AMIS is the author of fourteen previous novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He lives in Brooklyn.

    About Martin Amis

    MARTIN AMIS is the author of fourteen previous novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He lives in Brooklyn.

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | Military History | World Politics

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 07, 2009 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400096008

    Category: Military History | World Politics

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 01, 2008 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307269287

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    Praise

    “Powerful and prescient. . . . Behind the endlessly inventive language [is] an intellectual rigor based on an unwavering belief in the power of reason.” —Financial Times

    “The Second Plane bristles with intelligence [and] snaps and snarls.” —The Washington Post

    “A walking tour of the motley post-September 11th mind-its fears, madnesses, misapprehension and insights.” —New York Observer

    “A choreographer of imagination and ideas, [Amis] is bracing and morally brave.” —Los Angeles Times

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