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My Friend the Fanatic is a portrait of the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, and the fourth most populous nation in the World. A nation once synonymous with tolerance that now finds itself in the midst of a profound shift toward radical Islam. The portrait is painted through the travels of a pair of unlikely protagonists. Sadanand Dhume, the author, is a foreign correspondent—a Princeton-educated Indian atheist with a fondness for literary fiction and an interest in economic development. His companion, Herry Nurdi, is a young Islamist who hero worships Osama bin Laden. Their travels span mosques and discotheques, prison cells and dormitories, sacred volcanoes and temple ruins.
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MY FRIEND THE FANATIC describes a journey between Indonesia's extremes: the decadence of bohemian Jakarta, and the paranoia of the country's growing fundamentalist minority. In his encounters with exhibitionist sex writers, Javanese sorcerers or repressive Osama-philes, Sadanand Dhume bring to bear a light, tolerant and ironic eye. He has the wisdom to allow the people he meets to be themselves, not 'stand-ins for something larger'. He has the gift of making the most kitsch and sinister characters seem human, sad, and almost lovable.
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Guides the reader deftly through the whirlpool these [radical Islamist] currents have created... Islam's future - as a religion of peace and tolerance, or of hatred, violence and supremacy - may well hinge upon Indonesia's destiny.
--WALL STREET JOURNAL (ASIA)
At once funny, sad and unpretentiously intellectual, this fine book tells us much about Indonesia and about Islamism, one of the most important political phenomena of our age.
--Robert W. Hefner, FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW
A vividly engaging portrait of the jarring contradictions at play as two diametrically opposed forces -- globalisation and Islamisation -- vie for Indonesia's soul...a striking social and political travelogue...A fine writer and lively storyteller with an eye for lurid detail.
--THE AUSTRALIAN
Eye-opening piece of reportage...evocative writing...A compelling read for anyone interested in Islam or Indonesia.
--SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
My Friend The Fanatic' describes a journey between Indonesia's extremes: the decadence of bohemian Jakarta, and the paranoia of the country's growing fundamentalist minority. In his encounters with exhibitionist sex writers, Javanese sorcerers or repressive Osama-philes, Sadanand Dhume bring to bear a light, tolerant and ironic eye. He has the wisdom to allow the people he meets to be themselves, not 'stand-ins for something larger'. He has the gift of making the most kitsch and sinister characters seem human, sad, and almost lovable.
--Richard Lloyd Parry, Author, IN THE TIME OF MADNESS: INDONESIA ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS
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- PublisherTranquebar Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 9380283482
- ISBN 13 9789380283487
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages273
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