Murder in Amsterdam
By
Ian Buruma
Read by
Shaun Grindell
Release:
12/19/2017
Release:
12/19/2017
Release:
12/19/2017
Release:
12/19/2017
Runtime:
6h 52m
Runtime:
6h 52m
Runtime:
6h 52m
Quantity:
A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West
Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.
Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.
Release:
2017-12-19
2017-12-19
2017-12-19
2017-12-19
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
6h 52m
6h 52m
6h 52m
6h 52m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.53 lb
0.5 lb
0.53 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781977370723
9781665237031
9781665237048
9781977300720
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