In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:22nd Dec '11

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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.

  • Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize.
  • Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

ISBN: 9780241957073

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages