My Friends by Hisham Matar

My Friends by Hisham MatarLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE RETURN' Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen year olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials

It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: a break-in

The punishments inflicted on the guilty are fittingly severe

It continued later in the US

A much-needed reminder of how comforting and life-changing reading can be

Air raid shelters were erected in gardens and at public places and many children living in larger cities were swiftly evacuated to the countryside

banished to a Florida tennis camp

stylishly written

'One of the funniest new voices in children's literature

 author of A Spark of Light ‘I was spellbound the moment I entered the vivid and little-known world of the diving women of Jeju… No one writes about female friendship… with more insight and depth than Lisa See’ Sue Monk Kidd

and author of McMafia‘riveting

conservation efforts

originally published as A Countess Below Stairs