{"product_id":"9780692783450","title":"The Benevolent Terrorist","description":"A QUEST FOR EXCITEMENT AND ADVENTURE LEADS TO A DARK PLACE\u003cp\u003eThe Benevolent Terrorist is a thinking person's adventure story, in the vein of various novels by Graham Greene, Robert Stone, and Patricia Highsmith. It tells the tale of a troubled young American named Jack who's been wandering the world for extended periods on an increasingly desperate quest for excitement and adventure. Jack is traveling with a likable and beautiful Australian woman, who's quickly getting fed up with him. In Athens, they meet a mysterious loner, an ex-Army guy who recently finished working construction in Tunisia. The unlikely trio travels to a Greek island where a romantic triangle develops. Jack's deep desire to escape boredom and his theory of benevolent terrorism - ¬fighting terrorists with terror - lead the two men on a dark and violent adventure. The novel explores with intelligence a number of the disturbing aspects of life and artfully straddles the boundary between commercial and literary ¬fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fantastic, existentialist thriller with visceral charm...offers a trio of vivid character studies while ¬filling [the narrative] with sinister tension...sharp, philosophical, and occasionally surreal prose.\"- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bright Lights Big City Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49859122004208,"sku":"9780692783450","price":10.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692783450","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}