The Second Plane: 14 Responses to September 11
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780224076104 (0224076108)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 214
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Journalism,
War,
Religion,
Politics,
United States,
Terrorism,
Islam
Well, I ignored Kakutani's savage review but I still went in skeptical--having read a couple of these pieces before (and found them shaky). They are better than she says, and far less effective (funny, biting, beautiful, smart) than Amis should be.At its best, there are moments of the kind of dizzy...