The Looming Tower
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For the miniseries with the same title, see The Looming Tower (miniseries).
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is a 2006 non-fiction book by Lawrence Wright, a journalist for The New Yorker. Wright examines the origins of the militant organization Al-Qaeda, the background for various terrorist attacks and how they were investigated, and the events that led to the September 11 attacks.
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Author | Lawrence Wright |
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Cover artist | Chip Kidd (designer) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 2006 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 480 |
ISBN | 978-0-375-41486-2 |
OCLC | 64592193 |
973.931 22 | |
LC Class | HV6432.7 .W75 2006 |
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The book was a New York Times best-seller and won a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. A 10-episode television miniseries adaptation aired in 2018 on Hulu.