Would you like to hear some quotes from this book?

"I turned on the television and saw what at first I took to be a film. But as I continued to watch, I realized that it was not fiction but news. I stared as one--and then the other--of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center collapsed. And then I smiled. Yes, despicable as it may sound, my initial reaction was to be remarkably pleased......I was caught up in the symbolism of it all, the fact that someone had so visibly brought America to her knees."

"It seemed to me then -- and to be honost, sir, seems to me still-- that America was engaged only in posturing. As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away. Such an America had to be stopped in the interests not only the rest of humanity, but also your own."

Let your own words condemn you. I don't care how educated your voice or how good your manners or how long your eyelashes.

Also, didn't understand the thing about Erica at all, but it was the only interesting thing about the book. The rest was condemnatory rhetoric against the United States.

Good riddance comes to mind. Maybe I should have shredded it?