CrocAttack tells the story of the Israel-Palestinian conflict through the interweaving narratives of two young men - Eitan (Croc), an ambitious, tech-savvy Israeli; and Fahmi, a sensitive, intelligent Palestinian who becomes radicalised. Croc unwittingly becomes involved in the conflict when a bus he is travelling on is bombed and he survives. He then survives two other attacks and finds himself presented as a symbol of Israeli resistance. Croc's story is one of a somewhat disengaged man, who discovers aspects of himself and his emotions as he stumbles through his post-survival life. Fahmi's story is that of a good man who is driven by the situation and his peers into radicalism, but who never totally comes to terms with the violence. His story is told cleverly in flashback from his perspective as a coma victim lying in hospital. There are several interesting angles in the story, not least the role of time. Croc's job is all about saving time - milliseconds of time in call answering or traffic light systems - and a key part of his development through the book is learning how to take time. And juxtaposed against this obsession with time, we see the Palestinians forced to waste hours at checkpoints or confined to their villages. All in all this is a well balanced and credible insight into the conflict. It's also a good read with strong narrative drive. I'd recommend it to anyone with an interest in the subject.