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The Shell

Memoirs of a Hidden Observer

ISBN-13: 9781623717131

Contributor(s): Mustafa Khalifa (author), Paul G. Starkey (translated by)

Subjects: War & Combat Fiction

Publisher: Simon And Schuster Group USA

Publisher Imprint: Interlink Books

Publication Date: 26-10-2023

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£16.99

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About the book

This compelling first novel is the astonishing story of a Syrian political prisoner of conscience - an atheist mistaken for a radical Islamist - who was locked up for 13 years without trial in one of the most notorious prisons in the Middle East. The novel takes the form of a diary which Musa keeps in his head and then writes down upon his release. In Tadmur prison, the mood is naturally bleak and yet often very beautifully captured. The narrator, a young graduate, is defiant and stoical, and somehow able to pick out humour and irony in the shocking events and characters he describes.

The Shell

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