The Looming Tower

by Lawrence Wright · first published 2006

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is a 2006 nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright. Wright examines the origins of the militant organization Al-Qaeda, the background for various terrorist attacks and how they were investigated, and the events that led to the September 11 attacks. The book was a New York Times best-seller and won a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. A ten-episode television miniseries adaptation aired in 2018 on Hulu.

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Genre:

Non-fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.3 / 5 (19 on Open Library)

Year page:

2006