Name: The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom
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Author: Amis, Martin
ISBN: 9781400096008

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The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom

Type

Physical Book

Author

Martin Amis

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.1 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

1400096006

ISBN13

9781400096008

Synopsis "The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom"

A modern classic from one of the most gifted writers of his generation this collection of essays about 9/11 constitutes a provocative and insightful examination of one of the most momentous events of our time. "A walking tour of the motley post-September 11th mind--its fears, madnesses, misapprehension and insights." --New York ObserverAt 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.

Martin Amis

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Martin Amis (Swansea, 1949 - Florida, 2023) studied at Oxford and made a brilliant debut as a novelist with The Rachel Papers, awarded in 1973 with the Somerset Maugham Award, published in Spain (in 1985) by Anagrama. Throughout his career, he worked as a screenwriter and several of his novels were adapted for television. He is the author of short stories, essays, and novels. He has two autobiographical books: Experience and Koba the Dread. His last work was Inside Story.

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