The Most Dangerous Man in the World [Paperback]

Gilbert King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 25, 2004

This never-before-told story exposes one of the world's most reviled terrorists, Dawood Ibrahim. Several writers, including the late Daniel Pearl, have attempted to write about this mysterious criminal, but they have routinely disappeared. Now, the secrets of Ibrahim's life are finally revealed-from his wild all-night parties with prostitutes and top-shelf liquor, to his Islamic extremism, to his violent and deadly activities-resulting in a true crime account that will both shock and terrify.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'The Most angerous Man in the World' offers an in-depth look into the lies and deceit of terrorism." -- Julian Langston Grace, TriCities.com (Bristol Herald Trib) 8/6/04

"Dawood Ibrahim had played an important role in the smuggling of nuclear weapons...Indian intelligence confirmed...interesting insights." -- Times of India, S. Balakrishnan August/4/04 (frontpage)

About the Author

Gilbert King is the author of several books including Dirty Bomb: Weapon of Mass Disruption. He has written three other books. He is also a photographer.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Chamberlain Bros. (May 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596090014
• ISBN-13: 978-1596090019
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,801,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Report With Umpteen Gramatical & Factual Mistakes, July 19, 2004

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"keshiba" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Most Dangerous Man in the World (Paperback)

Yes it is true. This book is nothing but a collection of various stories which I read on the net, magazines and heard on the news. The only new part is the Osama & Ibrahim connection.

Being a journalist myself, I find this book a shocker.
Spelling mistakes are galore (Confidante is spelt confident, Hit is spelt Him etc.) which even a Grade 5 student will pick up. Facts have not been researched into at all and they just pile up according to King's whims and fancy.

As a journalist, I have done a lot of research in this field, not for publishing but just as part of my curiousity, and Gilbert King is lacking in every aspect.

Factual mistakes:
1. Babri masjid is claimed to be in Bombay (It is in Ayodhya)
2. Sharad Shetty clamied to be shot in his office (He was shot in India Club, Dubai, UAE)
3. Rohit Verma claimed to be informer and a.k.a Michael. (In fact Michael D'Souza was a different person all together). Jagdish Shetty(India) was the informer not Verma. Why would Verma call the assassins and have himself killed ???? Hello Gilbert King ???Verma was Rajan's closest friends who did his dirty job. Sarita was not Verma's wife but his mistress.

There is absolutey nothing about Dawood's early Bombay days. Just a para about the Pathan gang. In fact his early days are more interesting than everything else. His split from the Pathan Gang was the major move in his life. And how from 1983-1987 he eliminated each and every rival by sitting in Dubai.

This book needs a lot to be desired. I give it One star for the nice cover and the other star because it did induce me to buy it !!!!!

Spare yourself the change, more accurate info with photos can be had on the net for free. There are no photos as well in this book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good subject but little new information, June 13, 2004

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Vipul Sanghi "vip" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Dangerous Man in the World (Paperback)

Great subject, there is very little about a man who influences the lives of so many people.

However, I found little or no new information about Dawood Ibrahim, that is already not published in any other source. It is a summary of most published material.

The book is also quite repetitious and repeates the same information quite a few times. I wish there was more information about his empire and about his rise to power. I guess the reason cited in the book about journalists being afraid to write about Dawood hold true here.

Anyway a good attempt. I hope somebody builds further on it and comes out with more voluminous book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lost focus, March 9, 2005

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V. Kelkar "VKTycoon" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Dangerous Man in the World (Paperback)

The book's name is a misnomer. Initially, it talks about how Dawood made his way upto the top in the shady underworld, but then the focus shifts from Dawood to Afganistan, Pakistan, CIA, ISI etc, and ends up in establishing the relationships between these entities. What role Dawood plays or is playing in these tie ups is not mentioned. Only few pages do justice to the book title.