In the Country of Men
Author(s): Hisham Matar
Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood.
Product Information
Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize 2007. Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.173
- : 01 November 2011
- : 198mm X 129mm X 16mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Hisham Matar