Novels about 9/11

"This is a story of what happens to those who write fiction when terrible facts intrude on their world. In time, inevitably, cold truth is recast and reshaped into literature. After three years of near silence about the attacks of Sept. 11, the literary world has begun to grapple with the meanings and consequences of the worst terrorist attack ever to happen on American soil. A half-dozen novels that use 9/11 and its aftermath as central elements of their plot or setting, from some of the most acclaimed literary novelists and the most respected publishing houses, are being released later this year." Read on.