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Summary: A definite rival for this year's Nobel Prize winner!
Review: The book is one of the first explorations of Bin Laden's character as a MAN. He's not just a statistic at the end of this book, or even a name that used to be all over the papers. The gripping story of his beginnings, of his ever-increasing psychosis, will show any reader that there is a reason to be afraid.
Personally, I loved the book - the facts were simply there, relayed for all to see, (in a way that the current administration SHOULD have done three years ago, in my opinion). Jack Mulcahey, the hero of the day, brings the perfect mix of fallible human nature and humour to a book that, without him, would probably have been too terrifying to read. Jack's travels through the embroiled Middle East and the equally-as-dangerous No Man's Land of bureaucratic red tape spoke of the glaring weaknesses in American government that the public SHOULD have known about. Jack Mulcahey represents the indomitable spirit that we as humans possess, showing us that, no matter how many times you knock him flat, he'l always get back to his feet. It made me proud to read his story, made me proud to know that, somewhere, there are still people out there who KNOW the threat, realise the threat of men like bin Laden, and will stop at nothing to keep the world safe from such a threat.
The story was gripping, the facts were amazing, the characters well-rounded and terrifyingly human. A must-read - this book CANNOT be put down!
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