One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

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Synopsis
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Utøya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. One of Us tells the story of this terrible day and its reverberations. Åsne Seierstad delves deep into Breivik's childhood, tracing the unlikely path that led him to become one of Europe's most reviled terrorists, and writes with equal intimacy about his victims. One of Us is at once a psychological study of violent extremism, a dramatic true crime procedural, and a compassionate inquiry into how a privileged society copes with homegrown evil. This is the true story of one of our age's most tragic events. Named "ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR" (2015) by THE NEW YORK TIMES'S BOOK REVIEW, NPR, THE BOSTON GLOBE, THE GUARDIAN, BUZZFEEED, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND MEN'S JOURNAL. This book has also been made into the movie "22 July."
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
532 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780374536091
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Sarah Death
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:
Terry Gorman
Proofread By:
Terry Gorman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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