Amis Pens Story Of 9/11 Hijacker’s Final Days

Novelist Martin Amis, never one to shy away from controversy, may be facing another round of public disgust when his new collection of short stories is published this fall. “Once feted as the voice of his generation with novels such as Money, critics and the public alike seem to have taken great delight when [Amis] has faltered since.” Clearly, controversy doesn’t phase the author: among the tales Amis spins in his newest book is a fictionalized account of “the final movements of Mohamed Atta, the lead hijacker of the 11 September attacks.”