Title: Narration flows right along
Review: This author knows how to write. Completely fascinating story, told at a good level of detail, covering 50 years in 400 pages. One weak section, toward the end. Overall, strong.I don't know oil, don't know Arabs or the Muslim world. This book gave a good historical perspective, a sense of how we got to this crazy place we're in now. Saudis cozy with our Texan Prez, Iraq in chaos, Osama hating his country (Saudi Arabia) and the foreigners who (he thinks) corrupted it.The book lacks depth in covering Bedouin society. You get that it's REALLY different, but you don't get a comprehensive picture of how Saudi's are. Aside from that, there's not much wrong. Excellent material, well told. ****
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