A New Generation Of 9/11 Books

Bookstores are heavy currently with books having to do with 9/11 in some way. “These books are at the forefront of a second wave of creative works related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The first wave included predictable spasms of simple-minded jingoism and commercial calculation, from bullying country music ballads to cloying hagiographies of political figures eager to make hay out of the nation’s grief. But now we’re getting the good stuff.”