Gruber, Michael, 1940-

The good son : a novel / Michael Gruber. - 1st ed. - New York : Holt, 2010. - 383 p. ; 25 cm.

Library Journal Starred, March 2010 Booklist starred, March 2010 Pub Weekly, March 2010 Kirkus Review, March 2010

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.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9780805091281 (trade) 0805091289 (trade)

2009036955


Political kidnapping--Fiction.
Pakistani Americans--Pakistan--Fiction.
Political kidnapping--Fiction.
Pakistani Americans--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.


Pakistan--Fiction.
Pakistan--Fiction.


Suspense fiction.

PS3607.R68 / G66 2010

813/.6 [Fic]