Controversy Over Use of Real-life Locations
The novel's depiction of violence in a real setting elicited a minor controversy among Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia residents at the time of its release, as reported by Charlottesville weekly newspaper The Hook. Charlottesville Fashion Square, a shopping mall in the Charlottesville area, serves as the setting of a multiple homicide by an Islamic terrorist in the story. The scene includes accurate references to the mall's contemporary tenant stores, as well as to the University of Virginia.
A spokesperson for Charlottesville Fashion Square told The Hook that the mall's operators were not pleased with the mall's inclusion in the book. Albemarle County Police chief John Miller indicated that he did not consider the novel a threat to the town.
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