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Yasmina Khadra, both shortlisted for the IMPAC literary award. Khadra's work has been published in 45 countries. His Guardian piece on the role of the West in causing chaos in Libya attracted over 1,000 comments and 3,000 shares. Born in Algeria, he now lives in France.
Julian Evansis a writer and translator from French and German. His most recent translations are Michel Deon's The Foundling Boy and The Foundling's War.
'Compulsive, funny, powerfully emotional..sinuously intelligent.
Khadra's perceptive and confident novel, translated from French by
Julian Evans, is an unmissable entertainment' The Guardian
'Mesmerizing' The New Yorker
'In this closed-door drama, which reads almost like a piece of
theatre, Yasmina Khadra gets inside the mind of a tyrant awaiting
the fatal bullet' Le Point
'Packs a devastating punch' Shortlist
'Bold, often mischievous. A wonderfully entertaining read - as
commanding and schizophrenic as the psychopath who 'speaks' its
words' The Big Issue
'A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers' Times
Literary Supplement
'Like all the great storytellers of history, [Khadra] espouses the
contradictions of his characters, who carry in themselves the
entirety of the human condition' Le Point
'World-class' Rosie Goldsmith, The Independent
'Captivating and perversely delightful' The Wall Street Journal
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