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Dogstar Rising: A Makana Investigation
Parker Bilal
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Description for Dogstar Rising: A Makana Investigation
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
It is the summer of 2001 and in Cairo's crowded streets the heat is rising... The unsolved murders of young homeless boys are fanning the embers of religious hatred. As tensions mount, Makana, who fled his native Sudan a decade ago, has been hired to investigate threats that have been made to a hapless travel agent. The case draws him close to Meera, a woman who knows what it is like to lose everything and who needs his help. But Makana's troubled past is trying to lay claim to him once again, this time in the form of a ... Read more
It is the summer of 2001 and in Cairo's crowded streets the heat is rising... The unsolved murders of young homeless boys are fanning the embers of religious hatred. As tensions mount, Makana, who fled his native Sudan a decade ago, has been hired to investigate threats that have been made to a hapless travel agent. The case draws him close to Meera, a woman who knows what it is like to lose everything and who needs his help. But Makana's troubled past is trying to lay claim to him once again, this time in the form of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Makana Mysteries
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408842560
SKU
V9781408842560
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About Parker Bilal
Parker Bilal is the pseudonym of Jamal Mahjoub. Mahjoub has published seven critically acclaimed literary novels, which have been widely translated. Dogstar Rising is his second Makana Investigation. Born in London, Mahjoub has lived at various times in the UK, Sudan, Cairo and Denmark. He currently lives in Barcelona.
Reviews for Dogstar Rising: A Makana Investigation
Excellent crime novel ... The pleasure the book offers is the realistic, eye-opening picture of a place and a lifestyle. Parker Bilal has written several novels but this is only his second mystery. More please
Literary Review
As gripping as the first ... His skills are evident in the pace, confidence and emotional truth of this brilliant novel ... Read more
Literary Review
As gripping as the first ... His skills are evident in the pace, confidence and emotional truth of this brilliant novel ... Read more