Looming Tower : Al Qaedas Road to 9/11

THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER NOW AN ACCLAIMED TV SERIESThis is the definitive account of the run-up to 9/11: from the man who lit the spark of radical Islam in 1948 to those who built up a terror network and to the FBI agent whose warnings of something big coming were ignored until the Twin Towers fell.The Looming Tower is a thriller. And its a tragedy too The New York TimesThe most detailed (and thrilling) account we have of the events that led to the destruction of the Twin Towers Observer Books of the YearPossibly the best book yet written on the rise of al-Qaeda ... beautifully written and wonderfully compelling William DalrympleWe meet some formidable schemers and killers ... fabulists crazed with blood and death Martin Amis Review Wrights brilliantly constructed narrative is head and shoulders above the rest. He knows important parts of the Muslim world (including Saudi Arabia) at first hand he understands the motors of Islamist militancy ... Moreover he is a fine writer with an eye for the telling detail. Even those who think they know the story intimately will feel they are reading it anew ―New StatesmanLawrence Wrights integrity and diligence as a reporter shine through every page of this riveting narrative -- Robert Caro About the Author Lawrence Wright has written for many years for the New Yorker and is the author of the bestsellingThe Looming Tower which won the Pulitzer Prize.