Incendiary, a novel by Chris Cleave

"A haunting work of art”
NEWSWEEK

“A mesmerizing tour de force”
WASHINGTON POST

“Stunning”
NEW YORK TIMES

An emotionally charged open letter to Osama bin Laden about a London bomb plot, INCENDIARY gained notoriety for the macabre coincidence of its UK publication on 7th July 2005, the day of the London terrorist bombings.

INCENDIARY won the 2006 Somerset Maugham Award, was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize, won the United States Book-of-the-Month Club’s First Fiction award 2005 and won the Prix Spécial du Jury at the French Prix des Lecteurs 2007. It will be released in early 2008 as a major motion picture, starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor.

It is an international bestseller, published in 20 countries.

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The story behind INCENDIARY and why I wrote it

Read the first chapter of INCENDIARY