Uncorrected Proof Copy; Hisham Matar (2006-1st) In The Country of Men - Novel

In The Country Of Men. \nHisham Matar. \n\nPublished by Penguin/Viking, London (2006) Uncorrected proof copy. Bound in the publisher's illustrated wraps. In Vg+ condition. No Jacket issued. First Edition and impression with sole number '1' on the publisher's page. \n---------------------------------------\n\nOn 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?\nFrom a breath-taking 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 mystey