My Friends by Hisham Matar

My Friends by Hisham MatarLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE RETURN 'A brilliant novel about innocence and experience, about friendship, family and exile' COLM TOIBIN Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen year olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they

With an introduction by Alan Johnson

A moving and enlightening experience to join a woman openly exploring such deep parts of her physical self via the written word

about boys too eager to become men

who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice amongst the many

Her work eventually led Penaluna to other remarkable women philosophers of the era: Mary Astell

trees and hills

duty and a deadly pestilence raging through Bergamo

they are changed forever

'Snow White' and 'Cinderella' to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as 'The Three Snake Leaves'

religious and personal reasons behind Putin's decision to invade

dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news

s a love letter to the importance of history and about how