In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men

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name = In the Country of Men
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author = Hisham Matar
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Viking Press
release_date = 6 July 2006
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 256 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 978-0670916399 (first edition, hardback)
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"In the Country of Men" is the debut novel from American, Libyan and British author Hisham Matar, first published in 2006 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books. It was nominated for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. It has so far been translated into 22 languages and was awarded the 2007 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize as well as a host of international literary prizes. The book was also nominated for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in the U.S.

Plot summary

The books follows the plight of Suleiman, a nine-year-old boy living in Tripoli in Libya, after his father is forced to flee the family household by Gaddafi's state police due to his involvement in anti-State activities. The only people he has to turn to are his neighbour Kareem, his alcoholic mother, and his father's best friend Moosa.

Characters

*"Suleiman el Dewani" - the nine-year-old narrator
*"Faraj el Dewani "Baba" - Suleiman's father
*"Najwa "Mama" - Suleiman's mother
*"Moosa" - Baba's best friend
*"Kareem" - Suleiman's next-door neighbour and best friend
*"Ustath Rashid" - Kareem's father and a co-conspirator of Baba; he has already been arrested when the book's narrative begins
*"Sharief" - a member of the Revolutionary Committee hunting Faraj el Dewani

Reviews

* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0206/p13s02-bogn.html "Christian Science Monitor" - Yvonne Zipp]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329539456-110738,00.html "The Guardian" - Kamila Shamsie]
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article1174229.ece "The Independent" - David Dabydeen]
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article1735206.ece "Independent on Sunday" - Benedicte Page]
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/Bookshop/200607310058 "New Statesman" - Samir el-Youssef]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329529683-102280,00.html "The Observer" - Oscar Turner]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;?xml=/arts/2006/07/30/bomata23.xml "The Telegraph" - Katie Owen]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article687191.ece "The Times" - Celia Brayfield]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020102349.html "The Washington Post" - Ron Charles]


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