One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published GuardianAn illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank He says his name is Issa To the idealistic young human rights lawyer Annabel determined to save him from deportation he is a worthy cause To the intelligence services of Britain Germany and America however he is a potential jihadist and a pawn between them as they seek to make a kill in the war on terror A Most Wanted Man is a gripping and disquieting story of paranoia disillusionment and betrayal in the moral nomans land of the post911 world A firstclass novel about the most pressing concerns of our time Daily Telegraph