A Visa for Ahmad: Escape from Libya

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Summary: A VISA FOR AHMAD, a book with universal contemporary quality
Review: I want to tell you how much a enjoyed reading A VISA FOR AHMAD on a recent automobile trip to New York State. I often read it aloud to my husband, who was driving. We enjoyed it together! As I got close to finishing it, I found myself not wanting it to end, and I dragged the last few pages out over several days when I got home.
My favorite quality about the book is the author's exquisite talent for descriptive prose. After completing the book, I had a feeling as though I had traveled to Europe and experienced the journey myself. I savored the local food, walked the walks down the narrow streets, listened to the beautiful language of the people (it is obvious that the author has an exquisite mastery of the French language), AND I DID ALL OF THIS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE OF THE UNDERLYING ELEMENT OF SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE!
Another favorite quality was the threading of accurate historical documentation throughout the novel which blended fiction with the authenticity and substance of historical fact. I absolutely LOVED the way the author did that. It seems the book has a universal, contemporary quality about, as if it could have been written today. If we compare the Libyan Arab terrorists of 1985 with our current Arabs, this book should do very well.

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Summary: A TIMELY AND FASCINATING BOOK
Review: My wife took the time to search for "A Visa for Ahmad" and finally ordered it for us. She is a very fast reader and finished it quickly, raving about it constantly and about how fitting it was for the life our country is living since 9/11. She asked: "How could he have written such a timely book a year ago?"

I was reading John Adams' biography at the time, which is a great book but slow reading for me. I finally got to "A Visa for Ahmad," and I have to agree. It is facinating reading, and the detail the author adds to the locations and activities, describing the settings in every detail, he must have traveled to these locations and collected that information. Anyway, I congratulate him on a very interesting story. It was timely and kept our attention, demanding daily reading even to the point of passing on a golf game!