In the Country of Men

The unique selling point applying to all Insight Text Guides is the fact that Insight is the only publisher in Australia that takes the time and has the in-house expertise to source the most authoritative and best qualified writers for each text whether it be a novel, play, non-fiction, film or poetry. In the Country of Men is the debut novel from Libyan author Hisham Matar. The book follows the plight of Suleiman, a nine-year-old boy living in Tripoli in Libya, stuck between a father whose clandestine anti-Gaddafi activities bring about searches, stalkings and telephone eavesdroppings by Gaddafi’s state police, and a vulnerable young mother who resorts to various drugs to bury her anxiety and anger.