Murphy, Tim
Correspondents
- ISBN 13:
- 9781529040272
- author:
- Murphy, Tim
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Picador
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 19.7 x 13 x 3.3 centimeters (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, War & Military, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Spanning over a century and into the post-9/11 wars, Correspondents is a powerful novel that explores the story of Rita Khoury, an Irish-Lebanese woman whose life mirrors the experiences of America. Born in Ireland to immigrant parents who came to the US in the golden years of immigration, Rita grows up to be a stubborn and perfectionist young woman.
As she studies Arabic at university and moves to Beirut to work as a journalist, Rita's world is turned upside down when she is posted to Iraq after the American invasion in 2003. There, she meets Nabil al-Jumaili, an equally driven young man from a middle-class Baghdad family who is hiding a secret about his sexuality.
Their worlds start to unravel as Nabil's identity threatens to put him in jeopardy and Rita's position becomes more precarious with the intensifying war. Forced out of the country, they embark on an uncertain future, highlighting the legacy of immigration, refugeehood, and the power of the individual and family to bring good into a world that is often brutal.
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