{"product_id":"spies-and-holy-wars-the-middle-east-in-20thcentury-crime-fiction-9780292737570","title":"Spies and Holy Wars  The Middle East in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom World War I to the twenty-first century, this is a watershed examination of British and American thrillers whose villains are jihadists rather than Cold War nemeses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...if one wants to understand how and why the West misrepresents the East, it is much more useful to turn to work that is free of literary obscurantism, such as Simon's books on crime fiction...The book is great fun to read...\" Robert Irwin writing for the Times Literary Supplement, August 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgements \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Crime Fiction as Political Metaphor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Spies and Holy War: \u003ci\u003eJihad\u003c\/i\u003e and World War I \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Holy War and Empire: Fu Manchu in Cairo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The Publishing Explosion and James Bond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Secular \u003ci\u003eJihad\u003c\/i\u003e: International Terrorism and Economic Destabilization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. The American Crusade Against Terror \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. \u003ci\u003eJihad\u003c\/i\u003e, the Apocalypse, and Back Again \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fiction Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nonfiction Works Cited and Consulted \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400866963799,"sku":"9780292737570","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292737570.jpg?v=1730471785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spies-and-holy-wars-the-middle-east-in-20thcentury-crime-fiction-9780292737570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}