The Sentimental Terrorist: A Novel of Afghanistan - Softcover

Talwar, Mr Rajesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477603816 ISBN 13: 9781477603819

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

An Afghan jihadi. A Bangladeshi aid worker. A British security consultant. How their lives are about to affect each other. * ‘In a few seconds they will pull the door open and we will both be dead.’ These are the panic-stricken thoughts of Amala, the Bangladeshi aid worker. Hidden inside a linen-closet with another woman she hears the voices of two Taliban fighters outside. The guesthouse in which she lives came under terrorist attack a short while earlier. One of the men sniggers to the other that there seem to be ‘something bigger than rats inside’. As the seconds tick away, James Stewart, the British consultant, is racing against time to save the woman he loves. Standing outside the closet where the two women are hiding is Mohsin Khan, our sentimental terrorist. Mohsin, who worked for a charity and was peace-loving not long ago, is now fighting with the Taliban. What has turned him into a ruthless jihadi? This short novel will take you inside his mind and his world. A warzone veteran, Rajesh Talwar who has worked in numerous hot spots around the world takes a close and intimate look at love, loss and longing in the time of war.

About this title

About the Author:

War-zone veteran, UN staff member and writer Rajesh Talwar has authored more than a dozen books. This is his second novel based in Afghanistan, in which he has fictionalised a personal trauma. At present he lives and works in a tropical island not far from Australia. You can find out more about him at redroom.com/author/rajesh-talwar/publishedwork and www.amazon.com/author/rajeshtalwar .

Review:

Talwar's novel set in modern-day Afghanistan takes a volatile topic--a jihadist preparing to attack a guesthouse in Kabul--and explores the characters involved with empathy and insight.

The novel--which is thematically reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner--isn't so much about war, but about the consequences of war.

Deeply disturbing but also moving; will haunt readers long after the last page.

Kirkus Review

FIVE STARS

The Sentimental Terrorist is set the night before an actual terror attack in a guest house for foreign aid workers in Kabul, in September 2009. This is a powerful book, and one that will satisfy even the most seasoned observer of Afghanistan's compelling role in world affairs.

The story is not just about terrorism and war; it is also about love--or three love stories, to be more accurate. While Kabul may not be Verona, Talwar's tale is Shakespearean at its heart.
ForeWord Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1477603816
• ISBN 13: 9781477603819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288