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My Friends

352 pages 2024 Literary Fiction, Political Fiction 🌶️ Clean Standalone
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Three young Libyan students arrive in London in the early 1980s. Revolution, politics, and time pull them in different directions. Decades later, the narrator reflects on friendship, exile, and the country they can never go back to. From the Pulitzer-winning author of The Return.

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Clean — political and personal themes.

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Is This Book for You?

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Ending: Bittersweet
Pacing: Slow

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Elegiac Political Intimate Exilic

Tropes: Exile Friendship Political Revolution London Setting

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a standalone?

Yes, complete standalone.

Do I need to know Libyan history?

No — the novel provides all context needed.

Is it autobiographical?

Fiction, but informed by Matar's own exile experience.

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