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Murder in Amsterdam

Ian Buruma

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English
Atlantic Books
04 July 2007
It was an emblematic crime: on a November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man shot and killed the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the anti-Islam politician Ayaan Hersi Ali. After shooting van Gogh, Mohammed Bouyeri calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete. The murder horrified quiet, complacent Holland - a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance - and sent shock waves around the world. In Murder in Amsterdam, Ian Buruma describes what he found when he returned to his native country to try and make sense of van Gogh's death. The result is Buruma's masterpiece: a brave and rigorous study of conflict in our time, with the intimacy and control of a true-crime page-turner.
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Imprint:   Atlantic Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   270g
ISBN:   9781843543206
ISBN 10:   1843543206
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Murder in Amsterdam

Fascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute. Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books [Murder in Amsterdam] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious. San Francisco Chronicle Shrewd, subtly argued. The New York Times Book Review aFascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute.a aTimothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books a[Murder in Amsterdam] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious.a a San Francisco Chronicle aShrewd, subtly argued.a a The New York Times Book Review Fascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute. -Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books [Murder in Amsterdam] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious. - San Francisco Chronicle Shrewd, subtly argued. - The New York Times Book Review


  • Short-listed for samuel johnson award 2007 (UK)
  • Shortlisted for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2007.

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