Christopher Hitchens offers his take on Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s The Caged Virgin. Well, not so much a ‘take.’ He doesn’t really talk about the book, except to say that one should “go out and buy it.” Why? Well, because he likes her, he really likes her! I must note, with some amusement, that he mentions her “arresting and hypnotizing beauty.” Her intellectual arguments, however, he doesn’t really have the time to go into. You just have to take his word for it. I will have a whole lot more to say on this book very soon, by the way. Watch this space for news.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.