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After 17 years, the narrator and his friend, Ali, meet at Heathrow and
slowly remember their past in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon. Their memories are concentrated on one fatal night when they were with two other friends for the last time, before tragedy struck. But for the narrator, a personal tragedy had occurred much earlier¿

Like many other Palestinians, both Ali and the narrator had to leave Lebanon in the mid-1980s, when it became a battleground for local armies - Ali to America, the narrator to London.

But this is not just a story about suffering, it is also about absurd politics
and violence - about a world where tragedy and comedy co-exist.

A poignant story that lingers long after one has finished it.

The Illusion of Return

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    A Paperback / softback by Samir El-Youssef

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      Publisher Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
      Published 7 February 2008
      ISBN-13 9781905559077
      978-1905559077
      ISBN-10 1905559070

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      After 17 years, the narrator and his friend, Ali, meet at Heathrow and
      slowly remember their past in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon. Their memories are concentrated on one fatal night when they were with two other friends for the last time, before tragedy struck. But for the narrator, a personal tragedy had occurred much earlier¿

      Like many other Palestinians, both Ali and the narrator had to leave Lebanon in the mid-1980s, when it became a battleground for local armies - Ali to America, the narrator to London.

      But this is not just a story about suffering, it is also about absurd politics
      and violence - about a world where tragedy and comedy co-exist.

      A poignant story that lingers long after one has finished it.

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