Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2013) Vividly told in Singlish—colorful Singaporean

Vividly told in Singlish—colorful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang—Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young

Tereza's jealousy awakens by night

Rohaya is ready to become the devoted wife to Sukartono

its vaunted “great birthright

As people increasingly define themselves by ethnicity and religion

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2013) Vividly told in Singlish—colorful SingaporeanA multilayered, bone chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyielding faith. This is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior. Jon Krakauers literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical