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Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
Ian Buruma
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Paperback. This stunning work of precision, intelligence and humanity is now available in paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HRH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 28 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
It was an emblematic crime: on a November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man shot and killed the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the anti-Islam politician Ayaan Hersi Ali. After shooting van Gogh, Mohammed Bouyeri calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete. The murder horrified quiet, complacent Holland - a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance - and sent shock waves around the world. In Murder in Amsterdam, Ian Buruma describes what he found when he returned to his native ... Read more
It was an emblematic crime: on a November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man shot and killed the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the anti-Islam politician Ayaan Hersi Ali. After shooting van Gogh, Mohammed Bouyeri calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete. The murder horrified quiet, complacent Holland - a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance - and sent shock waves around the world. In Murder in Amsterdam, Ian Buruma describes what he found when he returned to his native ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843543206
SKU
KKE0000237
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About Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is Luce Professor at Bard College, New York. His previous books include God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary and the Libertine, Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania and Bad Elements.
Reviews for Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
Fascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute. -Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books [Murder in Amsterdam] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious. - San Francisco Chronicle ... Read more