'This book investigates the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Muslim countries . . . He is a modern master.' - Sunday Times Reissued in the Picador Collection, Among the Believers is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. 'The believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a ...
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'This book investigates the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Muslim countries . . . He is a modern master.' - Sunday Times Reissued in the Picador Collection, Among the Believers is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. 'The believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism. Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature. 'His level of perception is of the highest, and his prose has become the perfect instrument for realizing those perceptions on the page. His travel writing is perhaps the most important body of work of its kind in the second half of the century.' - Martin Amis, author of Time's Arrow
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Good. Pages are clean! The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. The front text block edge is deckled Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Previous owners embossed library stamp on ffep. Dj lightly shelf worn around edges with scuffs & small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 0394509692. Light wear to DJ edges, especiall front top edge. Discoloration to front endpapers. Very Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; 430 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First trade. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper, both rubbed at spine ends and corners, 1st trade edition, lower back corner of book worn. Dustwrapper has tears at top and bottom edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
