TERRORIST (John Updike) - January 19/07

Though it really picks up with the last 50 pages, Terrorist is - by and large - an incredibly dull book revolving around potential terrorist Ahmad and his aging teacher Mr. Levy. Updike's decision to emphasize needless descriptions sucks all the tension out of the novel, and there's just no getting around the pretentious vibe. There's a reason it took me several months to read this (I had returned it and everything). ** out of ****