I found this book by chance in a bookstore where he mentioned "guaranteed fun." And what was promised was fulfilled! The negative reviews on amazon astonish me. There is for me no racism, no real judgment. The act of terrorism is explained as rationally as sentimental. Time, chance, history has made it became extremist, he was not born like that and was not fed violent speech. He is also depicted as intelligent and even highly intelligent. A racist he would put it like this? I doubt it. Moreover, criticism of translation are for me also unjustified. In some books, one has the impression of reading a word for word translation, which finally decides to buy the novel in English to understand the real meaning and not an interpretation wobbly. This is really not the case. I also appreciate the fact that the translator reads the amazon reviews and responds. For me it is the testimony of a real commitment and a certain professionalism!
Let us return to the book entant such. This book is captivating, it shakes you from one place to another, from one character to another, from the present to the past, decisions taken coldly to awareness. I had a little trouble keeping up at first but once you get into it you stay there! It is obviously that this is an American novel and the United States are represented as only the US are able to do so. And I think we can agree to say that the book presents improbabilities. But after all, this is not a novel? The addition of different plots, different places, different characters, sometimes contradictory feelings, that this novel is so exciting. And if some say that this novel is as it reads well in the subway with its short chapters, know that it is extremely difficult to finish without a go immediately to the next.