Books by Hisham Matar
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English
review 1: Beautifully written.The first half of the book had me hooked - as a 14 -15 year old he experiences the death of his mother, an infatuation with Mona who becomes his stepmother and then his father's disappearance. His father was a Minister in the previous Govt, is wealthy and is n...
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English
review 1: Read the audio version of this book. It's worth it. The story is good by itself, but Steve West adds something to it, and he makes me forget I'm listening in my car or while jogging, and instead makes me think that I'm laying by the pool or at the beach at the Magda Marina Hote...
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English
review 1: So we meet again, Mr. Matar. It's been a number of years since I read In The Country of Men, and this book evokes a nostalgia for it, the first Libyan-authored book I've read. The young narrator is there, as is the dissident father and the strained familial relationships, but thi...