Empire of lies / Andrew Klavan.
Jason Harrow is a prosperous midwesterner living a picture-book life. A single phone call, though, recalls him to New York City, to a past when he did things he's ashamed of, and to reminders of his mother's madness. An ex-girlfriend's plea for help finding her wayward daughter plunges Harrow into a conspiracy in which Muslim terrorists are planning something dire that only he can stop--he just prays he's not making it all up. Klavan (Damnation Street, 2006) certainly knows how to construct an exciting thriller and has done so again here. But Harrow's conservative worldview is likely to turn off liberal readers. In this near-future world of political correctness gone mad, the rise of violent 'Islamofascists' has been abetted by an unholy trinity of higher education, Hollywood, and the media--and, by inference, the declining influence of strong, Christian men. But after so much venom, neither Harrow's Christianity--nor his revulsion at his own ultimate act of violence--is quite convincing. The political polemics don't subvert Klavan's thriller instincts, but they are likely to limit his audience. Keir Graff. 400pg. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2008.-
Record details
- ISBN: 0151012237
- ISBN: 9780151012237
- Physical Description: 383 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Orlando : Harcourt, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "An Otto Penzler book." |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "An Otto Penzler book. |
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| Subject: | Missing children > Fiction. Terrorists > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- 20 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | F KLAVAN (Text) | 33114016168635 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
