De Niro's GameDe Niro's Game
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Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, First U.S. edition., Available .Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, First U.S. edition., Available . Offered in 0 more formatsRawi Hage's first novel plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon's civil war. Bassam and George are childhood best friends who have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to remain amid the Arab capital's sectarian violence or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Bassam chooses to try to leave, and he embarks on a series of petty crimes to finance his departure. Meanwhile, George builds his power in the underworld of the city and embraces a life of military service, crime for profit, killing, and drugs. Told in a distinctive voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and a page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro'sGame is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.
WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE
De Niro’s Game plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon’s civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro’s Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.
Growing up in war-torn Beirut, Bassam and George, best friends since childhood, each confront a choice between staying in the city and consolidating power through crime, or to seek safety in exile abroad, alienated from everything they know, in a debut novel about two young men caught up in Lebanon's civil war. 10,000 first printing.
Growing up in war-torn Beirut, Bassam and George, best friends since childhood, each confront a choice between staying in the city and consolidating power through crime, or seeking safety in exile abroad, alienated from everything they know.
WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE
De Niro’s Game plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon’s civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro’s Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.
Growing up in war-torn Beirut, Bassam and George, best friends since childhood, each confront a choice between staying in the city and consolidating power through crime, or to seek safety in exile abroad, alienated from everything they know, in a debut novel about two young men caught up in Lebanon's civil war. 10,000 first printing.
Growing up in war-torn Beirut, Bassam and George, best friends since childhood, each confront a choice between staying in the city and consolidating power through crime, or seeking safety in exile abroad, alienated from everything they know.
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- Hanover, N.H. : Steerforth Press, [2007]
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