"An investigative masterpiece." - Tina Brown, NPR
"A propulsive and exceedingly well-reported book that offers an intense ticktock account, the fullest we have had, of the attack on the Taj...It's a tragedy and a thriller with concussive human and political resonance. I read it in what felt like three blinks." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Mr. Levy and Ms. Scott-Clark recreate in vivid detail the genesis of Operation Bombay... THE SIEGE reads like a thriller." - The Wall Street Journal "[A] spectacular narrative... reads like an expertly-constructed thriller that's all the more heart-stopping because it actually happened." - The Daily Beast "Compelling, pacey, unsettling" - The Economist "Absolutely spine-chilling...as action-packed as any thriller and so hard to put down that it must surely end up as a movie." - The Times of London "This minute-by-minute account of the siege comes at you like a battering ram and takes your breath away. With a masterly control of its wide canvas, it marshals a cross-section of guests, security services and heroic Taj staff, each of them, at some point, in fear for their lives" - The Daily Mail "I could not put this book down. It is the humanizing of the story that was riveting." - Antonio Mendez, author of Argo "A compulsive readable and brilliantly researched piece of non-fiction that reads like a fast-paced but almost unbearably harrowing thriller." - William Dalrymple "Meticulously researched, beautifully written and an unstoppable read. This is not your ordinary thriller." Ahmed Rashid, author of Descent into ChaosIn the page-turning tradition of Black Hawk Down, the definitive account of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai
Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world’s most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests—including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kang—prevented a much higher death toll.
With a deep understanding of the region and its politics and a narrative flair reminiscent of Midnight in Peking, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the tragic events in a real-life thriller filled with suspense, tragedy, history, and heroism.
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