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City on the edge / David Swinson.
In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family's fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Graham's life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent's marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316528542 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 275 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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| Subject: | Americans > Lebanon > Beirut > Fiction. Espionage, American > Lebanon > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Beirut (Lebanon) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Noir fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Swins | 31681010236602 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family's fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Graham's life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent's marriage disintegrates, and Graham,along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand"-- - Baker & Taylor
An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family. 25,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling novel from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" (New York Times Book Review).
In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family's fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Graham's life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent's marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.ÂThe City on the Edge is elegiac, atmospheric, and utterly authentic. It's the story of innocents caught within the American net of espionage, of the Lebanese transformed by such interference, of the children who ran dangerously beside the churning wheel of history. One part Stephen King's 'the Body' and another John le Carre's A Perfect Spy, it's a transformative crime story told with heart and genuine experience.
- Grand Central Pub
An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling novel from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" (New York Times Book Review).
In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their familyâs fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Grahamâs life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parentâs marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.ÂThe City on the Edge is elegiac, atmospheric, and utterly authentic. Itâs the story of innocents caught within the American net of espionage, of the Lebanese transformed by such interference, of the children who ran dangerously beside the churning wheel of history. One part Stephen Kingâs âThe Bodyâ and another John le Carreâs A Perfect Spy, itâs a transformative crime story told with heart and genuine experience.
