Murder in Amsterdam

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Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance Written by Ian Buruma Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. It is far more than that: it lifts a veil of the complicated Dutch society and its trends. The story is about the tragedy that happened on a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, when the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time. Paperback, 288 pages, notes, index Show more