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612 pages, Hardcover
First published July 18, 2013
Despite its huge wealth, vast oil reserves, and love of high-tech American armaments, nothing really works in Saudi Arabia.
The driver thought I was crazy - but then his religion thinks stoning a woman to death for adultery is reasonable, so I figured we were about even.
"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death." (Leviticus 20:10)
When an unmarried male commits adultery with an unmarried female, they should receive one hundred lashes and banishment for one year. And in case of married male committing adultery with a married female, they shall receive one hundred lashes and be stoned to death.
— Sahih Muslim, 17:4191
While searching for a revengeful Palestinian terrorist who is planning a deadly crime against mankind, our Pilgrim will take you through a multitude of intense, heroic, shocking and sometimes gruesome events. (there's even a visit from a relative of Annie Wilkes and a place so sinister and isolated, it's referred to as The Overlook Hotel)
Although the character's and their background stories kept me interested throughout the 600+ pages, there were times our protagonist's adventures were a bit predictable and DID make me think of James Bond, but hey.....I've always liked 007.
Great debut novel......look forward to the movie!
Below it, almost on the lake's edge, rose the grey bulk of the President Wilson hotel, commanding a perfect view of Lake Geneva's most popular beach. Every summer, Saudis and other rich Arabs would pay a huge premium for rooms at the front so that they could watch women sunbathing topless on the grass.
The driver thought I was crazy - but then his religion thinks stoning a woman to death for adultery is reasonable, so I figured we were about even.