De Niro's Game
by Rawi Hage
ISBN: 088784765X
ISBN-13: 9780887847653
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Two adolescent Lebanese hoodlums come of age in war-torn Beirut in Rawi Hage's debut novel. Bassam and George want to leave their impoverished country behind by means of a gambling scam. However once George is enlisted in the army, they both involved in crimes and violence beyond anything they could have expected, and their friendship comes to an end in a horrible act of betrayal.
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"[Rawi] Hage's energetic prose matches the brutality depicted in the novel without overstating the novel's tragic arc-an impressive debut for Hage." (starred review)
"Sad and discouraging for anyone holding out hope for that part [Lebanon] of the world."
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: House of Anansi Pr
Published date: 2007
Pages: 280
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Anansi, 2006 New trade paperback. . ( more information) Offered by Baba's Books (Canada)
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Toronto : House of Anansi , 2007(2006 . First Softcover Edition . Fine in Wraps . 8VO . First Trade Paperback printing of Hage's Dublin-Impac Award winning first novel. A fine copy. ( more information) Offered by Neil Williams, Bookseller (Canada)
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