Granta 77: What We Think Of America

Granta 77: What We Think Of AmericaThe events of September 11 were terrible; their consequences might prove to be more so. But out of them has arisen what might be called the "but" sentiment, as in "It was terrible but the Americans were asking for it deserved it should have expected it." You didn't have to be on the West Bank or in Kabul to hear it. The same thought was there in British and European newspapers, in the country pubs of Kent, in the bars of Barcelona and Frankfurt. An

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Tharoor writes with distinctive insight and remarkable assurance

and that Leicester plans to use his students' powers to serve his own dangerous agenda

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he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since

and even the teachers can't get her name right

the detective - a man with a tragic past but extraordinary abilities as an investigator - must first understand more about the girl whose life he is trying to save

This pitch-perfect novel confirms Andrew Miller's position as one of the finest writers of his generation

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