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'Osama' is a 2011 alternate history metafictional novel by Lavie Tidhar. It was first published by PS Publishing.

Synopsis



In a world without terrorism, a private detective is hired to locate Mike Longshott, the mysterious author of a popular series of novels about a fictional vigilante named "Osama bin Laden".

Reception



'Osama' won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.[https://io9.gizmodo.com/5956915/lavie-tidhars-osama-wins-world-fantasy-award Lavie Tidhar's Osama wins World Fantasy Award], by Charlie Jane Anders, at Io9; published November 4, 2012; retrieved June 23, 2018

'Publishers Weekly' described it as "offbeat and enigmatic", but with "less than rigorous internal logic".[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-848631-92-2 Osama], reviewed at 'Publishers Weekly'; published March 3, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018

'The Guardian' saw conceptual parallels to Philip K. Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle', emphasizing that Tidhar's goal is to "show that behind every manufactured enemy, is a real human being".[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/11/political-science-fiction-damien-walter The political possibilities of SF], by Damien Walter, in 'The Guardian'; published October 11, 2011; retrieced June 23, 2018

in 'Locus', Gary K. Wolfe observed that although Longshott is supposed to be a pulp fiction writer, the excerpts of Longshott's works (depicting various real-world instances of terrorism) "arent pulpish at all" but rather are "rendered in a crisp, journalistic prose" unlike the rest of the novel, which is in a "deliberately pulp-noir style".[http://locusmag.com/2011/09/gary-k-wolfe-reviews-lavie-tidhar/ Gary K. Wolfe reviews Lavie Tidhar], in 'Locus'; published September 25, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018 'Strange Horizons' noted the possibility that "the entire story may be little more than [the detective's] opium-induced hallucination."[http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/osama-by-lavie-tidhar/ Osama by Lavie Tidhar], reviewed by Michael Levy; at 'Strange Horizons'; published September 12, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018

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