Terorist

Despite his excellent grades in high school and the prospect of continuing his education at an American college, Ahmad, the son of a rebellious Irish-American mother and an Egyptian father who arrived in America as an exchange student, decides to become a truck driver under the influence of an imam. When he gets a job in a furniture store for Lebanese people who have recently immigrated to America, Ahmad will slowly and gradually become a participant in planning a conspiracy that will alarm the Department of Homeland Security in Washington... Although we do not know until the very end how the story will unfold, Updike manages to brilliantly portray the strong sense of disgust that an intelligent Islamic adolescent like Ahmad feels towards American culture, and the attraction of religious fanaticism. The twenty-second and penultimate novel by the great American novelist contains some of the best elements of his previous novels, with a dose of thriller, making it one of his most provocative works.