Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll reveals more than 150 interviews and thousands of documents in “The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century,” an exciting history of bin Laden’s siblings, the famous villain who orchestrated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The book is a family biography and not only offers a psychologically detailed portrait of Osama bin Laden, but is telling the epic story of his relatives and it describes their relationship with the Al-Saud royal house.

Coll mentions the problems and paradoxes of 21^st century Saudi society, as the rapid transition from one of the most traditional and un-modernized societies to one of the most sophisticated and confident ones. His book is a story of a dynasty of incredibly wealthy magnates that had brilliant visions and innovative businesses. It appears that Mohammed bin Laden managed to make his family the Bechtel of Saudi Arabia, which did not seem to be difficult as Mohammed had 54 children.

Another important virtue of Coll’s book is the interesting insight into the global creativity of Middle East entrepreneurs over the past 30 years. The bin Laden family remains a loyal pillar of the Saudi establishment according to the author, who says that “the Al-Saud needed the Bin Ladens' expertise . . . New condominium and office skyscrapers, shopping malls, freeways, mosque and airports were announced one after another . . . The Bin Ladens were particularly well-placed to profit,” the Washington Times reports.

Coll's exhaustively researched and elegantly written “The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century” makes it clear that Osama bin Laden views the U.S. much the way the author himself saw the Soviet occupiers in Afghanistan. Coll wonders if Osama’s relatives continued to help him after his dissapereance. However, bin Laden’s personal wealth remains a mystery.