First published 2003
In a Middle Eastern detention camp, novelist Alan Sheriff is forced to ghostwrite a propaganda novel for the country's brutal dictator. With government enforcers watching his every move, Sheriff races against an impossible deadline that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Middle East
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
293 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: abuse