This volume is a collection of essays and short stories written in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks. Amis, a novelist and outspoken critic of radical Islam, addresses cobtroversial aspects of religion and war. The collection does include “Bush in Yes-Man’s Land,” “The Wrong War,” as well as two stores, including “The Last Days of Muhammad Atta.” The essays are presented to us in the same order they were originally first published and do include some violence.