The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
By Martin Amis
Jonathan Cape £12.99, 224 pages
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Martin Amis has long ventured where ordinary mortals fear to tread. His latest book, a collection of previously published essays, short stories and reviews, deals with the September 11 terrorist attacks and the political aftermath. In his words, 9/11 was “a day of de-Enlightenment”, an epochal event which triggered a generational struggle between a rational west and radical Islam.