{"product_id":"murder-in-amsterdam-isbn-9780143112365","title":"Murder in Amsterdam","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ian Buruma's \u003ci\u003eMurder in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e 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.Murder in Amsterdam\u003cb\u003eOne:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy War in Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo:\u003c\/b\u003e Thank You, Pim\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree:\u003c\/b\u003e The Healthy Smoker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour:\u003c\/b\u003e A Dutch Tragedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive:\u003c\/b\u003e Submission\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix:\u003c\/b\u003e A Promising Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven:\u003c\/b\u003e In Memoriam\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostscript\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute.\" --Timothy Garton Ash, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eMurder in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Shrewd, subtly argued.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eIan Buruma is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eTheir Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Year Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe China Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOccidentalism\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e God's Dust\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Behind the Mask\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Wages of Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Bad Elements\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand Taming the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302067327205,"sku":"NP9780143112365","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143112365.jpg?v=1767733129","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/murder-in-amsterdam-isbn-9780143112365","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}