In the Country of Men: A Novel

In the Country of Men: A Novel

Libya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleimanâ€™s days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games with friends played under the burning sun, exotic gifts from his fatherâ€™s constant business trips abroad. But his nights have come to revolve around his motherâ€™s increasingly disturbing bedside stories full of old family bitterness. And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses. Wasnâ€™t he supposed to be away on business yet again? Why is he going into that strange building with the green shutters? Why did he lie?

Suleiman is soon caught up in a world he cannot hope to understandâ€”where the sound of the telephone ringing becomes a portent of grave danger; where his mother frantically burns his fatherâ€™s cherished books; where a stranger full of sinister questions sits outside in a parked car all day; where his best friendâ€™s father can disappear overnight, next to be seen publicly interrogated on state television.

In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the private fallout of a public nightmare. But above all, it is a debut of rare insight and literary grace.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385340434
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-02-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385340434

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385340434
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-02-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385340434

In the Country of Men: A Novel

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