The good son : a novel / Michael Gruber.
By: Gruber, Michael.
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BookPublisher: New York : Holt, 2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: 383 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780805091281 (trade); 0805091289 (trade).Subject(s): Political kidnapping -- Fiction | Pakistani Americans -- Pakistan -- Fiction | Pakistan -- Fiction | Political kidnapping -- Fiction | Pakistani Americans -- Fiction | Pakistan -- Fiction | Mystery fictionGenre/Form: Suspense fiction.DDC classification: 813/.6 | [Fic] Summary: When special operations soldier Theo Bailey's mother, a Muslim writer and psychologist, attends a peace conference in Pakistan, she and other pacifists are abducted and threatened with death by terrorists who may have access to nuclear weapons; as Theo plans a rescue operation, his mother uses her broad range of talents, including linguistic skills and knowledge of Jungian psychology, to assuage the fears of her fellow captors.
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When special operations soldier Theo Bailey's mother, a Muslim writer and psychologist, attends a peace conference in Pakistan, she and other pacifists are abducted and threatened with death by terrorists who may have access to nuclear weapons; as Theo plans a rescue operation, his mother uses her broad range of talents, including linguistic skills and knowledge of Jungian psychology, to assuage the fears of her fellow captors.
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