Hisham Matar
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On a white-hot day in Tripoli, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on b
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usiness - 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? Then his best friend's father disappears and is next seen on state television at a public execution. And who is the mysterious man who sits outside the house all day and asks strange questions?
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