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From: blp Category: Links Date: 11 September 2006 Time: 09:23 AM Review: http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,,1868839,00.html I don't like Martin Amis as a rule, but this is utterly good. Ever so slightly marred by his insistence that suicide bombing is a strictly Islamist phenomenon - bad timing given that a former CIA man's recently released a study showing that the majority of recent suicide bombings were not committed by Muslims. His reliance on Google searches is a little dubious too - doesn't he know that if you search for Sharon and Hitler, not all of the 6,000 hits given back will contain both names? But no, never mind. It's just a great great, totally compelling read.