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When one considers the early life of the author Hisham Matar, it is unsurprising that the voice of his nine year old protagonist Suleiman is so strong and convincing. Like Suleiman, Matar’s Libyan family lived under the spectre of the Gaddafi regime’s political persecution and was eventually forced into exile. The novel tells of Suleiman’s inadvertent involvement in his father’s and others’ attempts to destabilise the Revolutionary Command Council led by Gaddafi. Through the first person narrati
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