{"product_id":"a-foreigner-carrying-in-the-crook-of-his-arm-a-tiny-bomb-paperback","title":"A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmitava Kumar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart reportage and part protest, \u003ci\u003eA Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e is an inquiry into the cultural logic and global repercussions of the war on terror. At its center are two men convicted in U.S. courts on terrorism-related charges: Hemant Lakhani, a seventy-year-old tried for attempting to sell a fake missile to an FBI informant, and Shahawar Matin Siraj, baited by the New York Police Department into a conspiracy to bomb a subway. Lakhani and Siraj were caught through questionable sting operations involving paid informants; both men received lengthy jail sentences. Their convictions were celebrated as major victories in the war on terror. In Amitava Kumar's riveting account of their cases, Lakhani and Siraj emerge as epic bunglers, and the U.S. government as the creator of terror suspects to prosecute. Kumar analyzed the trial transcripts and media coverage, and he interviewed Lakhani, Siraj, their families, and their lawyers. Juxtaposing such stories of entrapment in the United States with narratives from India, another site of multiple terror attacks and state crackdowns, Kumar explores the harrowing experiences of ordinary people entangled in the war on terror. He also considers the fierce critiques of post-9\/11 surveillance and security regimes by soldiers and torture victims, as well as artists and writers, including Coco Fusco, Paul Shambroom, and Arundhati Roy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitava Kumar has written a unique book. It is ultimately a book about neoliberalism, about the public interest defined as militarism rather than as well-being. It is a book about the imagination reduced to suspicion and fear rather than hope and liberty. It is a book that swells from India to Indiana, depicting the global ecology of antiterrorism.--Vijay Prashad, author of \"The Darker Nations. A People's History of the Third World\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitava Kumar is a novelist, poet, journalist, and Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHusband of a Fanatic\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Editors' Choice\"; \u003ci\u003eBombay-London-New York\u003c\/i\u003e, a New Statesman (UK) \"Book of the Year\"; and \u003ci\u003ePassport Photos\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAway: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Humour and the Pity: Essays on V.S. Naipaul\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWorld Bank Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also an editor of the online journal \u003ci\u003ePolitics and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and the screenwriter and narrator of the prize-winning documentary film \u003ci\u003ePure Chutney\u003c\/i\u003e. Kumar's writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHindu\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications in North America and India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.75 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52742072402253,"sku":"9780822345787","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/RTd2N3Z5NXpSL2Rab1JobC85aVNLdz09.webp?v=1762832321","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-foreigner-carrying-in-the-crook-of-his-arm-a-tiny-bomb-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}