Download or read book In the Country of Men written by Hisham Matar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood.