In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men
First edition
AuthorHisham Matar
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
6 July 2006
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages256 pp
ISBN978-0-670-91639-9
OCLC65468307

In the Country of Men is the debut novel of the writer Hisham Matar,[1] first published in July 2006 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books. It was nominated for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award.[2] It has so far been translated into 22 languages and was awarded the 2007 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize as well as a host of international literary prizes. The book was also nominated for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in the U.S and won the Arab American Book Award[3] in 2007.

  1. ^ "In The Country of Men". Hisham Matar. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "In The Country of Men". Hisham Matar. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Arab American National Museum". www.arabamericanmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.