A Discreet Love Affair

At a discussion in which he introduced the audience to the book's contents during the recent Makassar International Writers Festival, author Stanley Harsha took it on the chin when two young men, obviously seeking to spice up their day with some meaty conversation, lambasted him for watering down America's take on terrorism against Islam-or was it against Indonesia? Anyway, something of that ilk-the sound system being such that it was difficult to hear their individual words, but which allowed their firebrand tone of voice to come out loud and clear.