Give Me Everything You Have · On Being Stalked

A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, _Give Me Everything

You Have_ chronicles the author's strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of

a former student, a self-styled "verbal terrorist," who began trying, in her

words, to "ruin him." Hate mail, online postings, and public accusations of

plagiarism and sexual misconduct were her weapons of choice and, as with more

conventional terrorist weapons, they proved remarkably difficult to combat.

James Lasdun's account, while terrifying, is told with compassion and humor,

and brilliantly succeeds in turning a highly personal story into a profound

meditation on subjects as varied as madness, race, Middle East politics, and

the meaning of honor and reputation in the Internet age.