This is an auction for AMONG THE BELIEVERS: AN ISLAMIC JOURNEY by V S Naipaul.

"The most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."

• New Republic (US)

‘Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass. He is inimitable, truly great and truly deserving of the Nobel Prize.'

• Observer (UK)

Amazon.com reviews:

"FIVE STARS! Naipal is a world class writer whose observations are compelling. For example, he suggests how "not having to earn a living" in Iran because of huge oil revenues has skewed politics and religion. He explores how Islamic institutions in Pakistan, a country founded so it could be totally Islamic, have failed but no one there will blame Islam: rather they blame the weak faith of the people, or the malign influence of Western ideas."

"FIVE STARS!!! This is one of Naipaul's best and most prescient books, based on his travels through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia just after the Iranian revolution. While most commentators had a positive image of the future of Iran after the Shah's exit, Naipaul predicted the extremism into which it would slip. An excellent book and a must for all those interested in today's confrontation between the West and Islam."

"FIVE STARS!!! This book proves that really independent thinkers can look far ahead in time. If you want to understand today's Islamic terrorist attacks, read this book. Can somebody send a copy to the White House?"

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Paperback 2003.

495 pages.

This is a review copy in very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $3.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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