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In the country of men [sound recording] / Hisham Matar.

by Matar, Hisham, 1970-

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Tantor Audio, p2007, c2006.

COMPACT DISC FICTION MAT

Families -- Libya -- Fiction.

Libya -- Fiction.

Libya -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969- -- Fiction.

[sound recording] /

7 CDs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.

"Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006"--Container.

Read by Stephen Hoye.

"On a white-hot day in Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on business - except that he is sure he has just seen his father, standing across the street in a pair of dark glasses. But why isn't he waving? And why doesn't he come over when he knows Suleiman's mother is falling apart? From a breathtaking new talent comes an utterly gripping, incredibly emotional novel told from the point of view of a young boy growing up in a terrifying and bewildering world where his best friend's father disappears and is next seen on state television at a public execution; where a mysterious man sits outside the house all day and asks strange questions; where his mother and uncle burn all his father's books when they know what an avid reader he is and when it seems his father has finally disappeared for good. Soon the whispers and fears, secrets and lies will become so intense that Suleiman can bear them no longer and in his terrified effort to save his family may end up betraying his friends, his parents and ultimately himself."--Penguin UK.

Psychological fiction.

Adult books on CD.

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