00979nam a2200145   45000010005000000200029000051000026000342450043000602600030001033000024001335000048001575200545002056500032007506510051007826320  a9780241957073 (pbk.) :c1 aMatar, Hisham,d1970-10aIn the country of men /cHisham Matar.  aLondon :bPenguin,c2012.  a244 pages ;c20 cm.  aOriginally published: London: Viking, 2006.  aNine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider  world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his  home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He  becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on  business, but then he sees his father, standing in the  market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the  wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie  and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his  mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with  the secret story of her childhood.   aLibya -- Fiction.vxyz2 0aLibya -- History -- 1969- -- Fiction.x y v