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Two young women told me about the book, one of whom works in a book store to pay her college fees. She told me it was a quick read,; it appealed to her as a reader and history major, that it was well told and her favorite book of the year. She was right. We Americans can be very proud of Updike who sees us as we are, even though I don't always like what he sees. My heart breaks for the boy! cch
This was my first John Updike novel, and won't be my last. As the title states outright, this is a book that follows the development of a homegrown terrorist, recent high school graduate Ahmad Mulloy, and it raises some important points - about idealistic young men, about the older more worldly men who may wish to manipulate this sense of idealism to their own aims, and about faith. You finish the book thinking that the god Ahmad so devoutly believes in is neither Allah nor God really, but rather something much more subtle.
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