num_pages: 288
description: Traces the murder of the controversial Dutch filmmaker and great-grandnephew of Vincent van Gogh by an angry Muslim immigrant's son who promptly committed ritual suicide, describing how the event sent shock waves throughout Europe and tested the boundaries of the secular west's tolerance of other cultures.
language: English
title: Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
titlecomplete: Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
characters: Theo van Gogh (1957-2004)
genres: Politics, Religion, Islam, European History, School, Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime, History, Journalism
ratings_count: 1613
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The