It’s very hard to imagine the motivation of a suicide bomber. I don’t think many of us can understand what drives someone to commit such an act. This thoughtful, detailed and insightful book makes an attempt to explain the inexplicable. It’s a thorough and detailed exploration of suicide terrorism, focusing primarily on Palestine, but with obvious resonance to other areas of the world. In 2017 nearly 6,000 people were killed in suicide attacks across the world and the more we can understand these attacks the easier, perhaps, it will be to counter them. It’s not an easy read, both intellectually and emotionally, but I found it illuminating and enlightening and feel that it has deepened my understanding of this almost incomprehensible issue. I’m not knowledgeable enough to judge whether the author’s conclusions and insights are correct or not, but I certainly found this a fascinating and thought-provoking book.