Author | Hisham Matar |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 6 July 2006 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 256 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-670-91639-9 |
OCLC | 65468307 |
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.