In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men
Hisham Matar
LITERATURE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES

In this hauntingly beautiful short novel, set in Tripoli in wake of Khadafy's 1969 revolution, Hisham Matar shows the bewilderment and fear of the Libyan people through the eyes of nine-year-old Suleiman, who looks back at his childhood as an adult living in Cairo. Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.  (NAF53, $15.00)





 
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