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American Taliban: A Novel (2010)

by Pearl Abraham(Favorite Author)

3.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1400068584 (ISBN13: 9781400068586)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Random House

review 1: Just finished this extraordinary book this morning. I haven't read anything so unpredictable and thought provoking in a long time. Pearl Abraham is a powerful and forceful writer in total command of her characters and her material. I was transported with the young privileged surf kid John Jude from the shores of the Atlantic to Brooklyn and to the mountains of Pakistan and into the unknown. His story though hard to fathom is utterly plausible in Abraham's hands. She has the knack of creating fascinating characters in such a short space. her touch is light but devastating. Not only did I enjoy it as a page turner work of fiction but I also gained insight into a world I knew nothing about. I Would highly recommend this book.
review 2: It was a very intere... moresting read and a unique perspective on the question of extreme religiosity. I am somewhat doubtful to the believability of the story (even though it of course could be true, since reality can triumph fiction at times in unbelievability). having said that the character of John feels real and his relationship are portrayed in a fascinating way. He is certainly a developed character and Abraham has been able to capture how a person can be very divided, or at least appear so from the outside. Abraham must have done much research in both the surfer/skater world and in the religious islamic fundamentalist world. I am somewhat doubtful to the openness (even if private) to homosexual acts that is found even in a islamic school in Pakistan. I have a strong suspicion that the close male to male bodily contact has nothing to do with an openness to homosexual acts. less

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