New York: Viking, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Top page ridge very faintly foxed. 2006 Hard Cover. 244 pp. Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men is a strikingly balanced novel. While set within the complicated and highly charged political landscape of Libya in the late â€˜70s (the setting of the author's own early childhood), the story's narrator is a young boy still preoccupied with games, just beginning to open his eyes to the possibility of love, still considering â€”and misinterpretingâ€”what it means to be a man. By constructing the story around this strange interplay of innocence and corruption, the author is able to open up a dialogue about duality, addressing both the light and dark elements of humanity and exploring an impressive range of themes such as freedom and identity, justice and injustice, loyalty and betrayal, exile and identity, addiction and the nature of truth.

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In the Country of Men is the debut novel from Libyan 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.

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Bookseller: Yesterday's Muse Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2281562
Title: In the Country of Men
Author: Matar, Hisham
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670916390
ISBN 13: 9780670916399
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2006
Size: 6x1x9
Keywords: FICTION
X weight: 18 oz

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