### From Publishers Weekly _Starred Review._ Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Matar's debut novel tracks the effects of Libyan strongman Khadafy's 1969 September revolution on the el-Dawani family, as seen by nine-year-old Suleiman, who narrates as an adult. Living in Tripoli 10 years af
In the Country of Men
โ Scribed by Matar, Hisham
- Book ID
- 106754571
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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