A Portrait of the Terrorist as a Young Man
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A defiant but naïve band of misfits, a sinister terrorist network, and a moment of violence that triggers the demise of an empire. But this is not 11 September 2001. This is 28 June 1914: the day of infamy that unleashed the First World War.
Inspired by the personalities involved in the Sarajevo assassination, Portrait of the Terrorist examines how the teenage gunman and his royal victim met their destinies. A story that blends an ambivalent God with the political realities of power, myth and identity - while asking why history has such a habit of repeating itself.
Philip Sen's journalism has appeared in publications from Jane’s Defence Weekly to Wallpaper* to The Sunday Times. This is his first novel.