The Marrakesh One-Two — Richard Grenier

It all begins as Burt Nelson, struggling with the mysteries of the Arab mind, tries to complete a film version of the life of Mohammed. But things keep getting in the way--a bloody but failed coup in Morocco, a confrontation with Colonel Kaddafi, a hijacking.Richard Grenier has had careers as screenwriter, critic and foreign correspondent. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic and The American Spectator.Grenier's Arab world, with its blood lusts, assassinations, coups d'etat, hijackings, is depicted with murderous realism and antic pleasure. Immensely entertaining. --Daniel Monahan