Kelly’s Reviews > The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts > Status Update

Hammer's explanation of the way Al Qaeda moved slowly into Mali and Timbuktu really ratchets up the tension when he starts to describe Haidara's escapades. It's also interesting to hear how the Imams of Timbuktu reacted to the occupation. So many people think people greet the terrorists with open arms. The people Hammer describes either openly defied them or chose to work with them to keep their people safe.

Haidara isn't even matching wits with Al Qaeda yet and I have so much respect for his story.

Now that is how you title a book! It immediately caught my interest and I had to read the inside cover. And once I did that, I was hooked.