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A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the authors 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 proved remarkably difficult to combat James Lasduns 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