Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. He is a graduate of Tulane University, and for two years taught at the American University in Cairo in Egypt.
The international bestseller chosen as Book of the Year by The Times, Evening Standard, Economist, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Herald, Observer, Guardian and New Statesman.
"The most detailed [and thrilling] account we have of the events that led to the destruction of the twin towers." --- Observer, Book of the Year
"Possibly the best book yet written on the rise of Al-Qaeda ... Beautifully written and wonderfully compelling." --- William Dalrymple
"We meet some formidable schemers and killers ... fabulists crazed with blood and death." --- Martin Amis
"The looming tower is a thriller. And it's a tragedy, too" --- The New York Times
任何看完《巨塔杀机》的人都会佩服作者的写作勇气和能量,在这本书里作者事无巨细地追溯了伊斯兰激进势力的发生与演化,同时也梳理了美国过去十多年来各种安全事务的重大失误和弱点,两条线索独立分明而又互相缠绕,尤其是进入1995年后,可以看出机会是如何一步步被两方抓住与...
评分有些事件的爆发就像宇宙诞生的那一次大爆炸一样——忽然之间,世界从此不再是原来那个样子。正因为这种鲜明的分水岭意义,世人在震惊之余,也常常抱有一种强烈的冲动,想通过追根溯源来解释它们因何爆发。珍珠港事变、肯尼迪总统被暗杀、9/11事件都曾激发起人们对真相的极大渴...
评分刘放:《巨塔杀机》最近在中国大陆出版了简体中文版,您想对中国的读者说些什么吗? 劳伦斯•赖特:狂热分子始终活跃在我们的周围,只不过他们采用了形式迥异的巧妙伪装。20世纪的上半叶是纷繁的政治辩论,而上世纪末到新世纪初始,更多的焦点集中在宗教信仰的问题上,不再是...
评分 评分在生存的层面上,本·拉登是个处于边缘地位的局外人;但在他以自己为中心一点点编织起来的神话之中,他逐渐成为了所有被迫害、受屈辱的穆斯林的代表。他的生活,以及他用来包裹自己的各种象征,极为有力地代表着现代伊斯兰世界中典型的、普遍存在的被剥夺之感。本·拉登在自己...
文笔真好
评分最后好像武侠(373页e容易么=3=)
评分The latter part seemed almost libel-worthy....
评分就喜欢你们暗搓搓损自己的样子!
评分就喜欢你们暗搓搓损自己的样子!
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