Insight Text Guide - In the Country of Men

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In the Country of Men portrays socially and politically turbulent Libya during the late 1970s through the eyes of nine-year-old Suleiman. The novel follow Suleiman throughout the last summer of his life in Libya, before he is sent by his parents to live in Cairo in the hope that he might escape some of the violence and danger they have face their lives.

ISBN 9781922150981
About the writer:

Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, BPA, BA (Hons), MA, has lectured and tutored in English at the University of Tasmania. She works as an editor and freelance writer, and has also had extensive experience as a playwright, performer and actor. She has a particular interest in Australian theatre and contemporary Australian writing.