Zanzibar

Idyllic images of deserted beaches where giant tortoises lay their eggs before returning to moonlit waters contrast sharply with the harsh terrain of the mountains of Afghanistan, where young men pledge themselves and their lives to religion, and the US Bureau of Diplomatic Security, from where trainees graduate convinced that such men are the 'enemies of the state'. While the horrific double murder of his parents drives one young man to those unforgiving peaks to perfect the skills of war and hone his hatred of the infidel, a fear of wasting his life sends a marine biologist to work in the turquoise waters that wash the northern coast of the exotic and mysterious island of Zanzibar.

Softcover. English. Faber & Faber. 2002. ISBN: 0571214649. 389 pp. Fair condition in softcover. Book No: 10025624