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In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
15 March 2012
A heartbreaking, beautifully told classic set in the heart of Gaddafi's Libya

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.
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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   184g
ISBN:   9780241957073
ISBN 10:   0241957079
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Hisham Matar was born in New York to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived most of his life in London. His memoir The Return received a Pulitzer Prize in 2017. He is also the author of In the Country of Men, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Anatomy of a Disappearance and A Month in Siena. His most recent novel, My Friends, won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2024, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and nominated for the National Book Award. His work has been translated into over thirty languages.

  • Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006
  • Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
  • Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006.
  • Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize 2007.
  • Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize.
  • Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2007
  • Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2007.

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