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Synopsis
David Wolfe is a successful American lawyer being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif--the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school--he begins a completely unexpected journey.
The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco. Soon, Hana is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent her?
The most challenging case of David's career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana and her militant Palestinian husband, all the way back to Israel and the West Bank. There he uncovers the couple's dangerous connections...culminating in an explosive trial where the stakes are Hana's life--and the future of two peoples.
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"Exile is an astonishing book... Richard North Patterson has
outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet."
-- Bill Clinton
'An even-handed exposition of the rights and wrongs on both sides
depicts a political problem without a solution' -- Literary Review
'How much a thriller can encompass is shown by Richard North
Patterson's Exile...A stunningly ambitious novel.' -- Culture, Sunday Times
'Patterson is to be praised for grappling with such an important
theme and attempting an international perspective' -- Tribune
'Wolfe is compelling protagonist, honourable, inquisitive,
eloquent' -- Daily Mail
'demands to be read...Patterson has done stupendous research, is
admirably level-headed, eschews sermonising and patronising.' -- the Times
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'Exile is an astonishing book, a hugely entertaining human drama that also offers remarkable insight into the lethal conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet.' Bill Clinton David Wolfe is an ambitious former homicide prosecutor who is planning to run for Congress. A political dinner for the Israeli Prime Minister is hosted by his current girlfriend, Carole Shorr, a liberal supporter of both the Palestinian and Israeli causes. But when David receives a call from Hana Ashawi, a Palestinian woman who was David's classmate at Harvard Law School, he is rattled. Hana was more than a peer - she was his lover. Suddenly David finds himself in a situation with enormous global and political implications as well as emotional ones. A new pact between the rival factions in Palestine is planned, and David and Carole decide to watch the historic moment when the parties will all meet. It turns out to be an occasion of desperate, tragic and far reaching consequences...
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1250162823
- ISBN 13 9781250162823
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages768
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