This powerful novel by Libyan-born author Hisham Matar tells the story of a 9-year-old Libyan who one day sees his best friend's father arrested and shoved into a car on the streets of Tripoli. Then his own father disappears.
The novel, which is set in 1979 and was short-listed for a Man Booker Prize in 2006, offers a compelling glimpse of life in Libya under Qaddafi. Monitor reviewer Yvonne Zipp called the book "a knockout – emotionally wrenching and gorgeously written." (See the full Monitor review of "A Country of Men" here.)
