Henry Holt
January 2007
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Featuring: David Wolfe; Hana Arif
576 pages ISBN: 0805079475 EAN: 9780805079470 Hardcover Add to Wish List
From one of Americaโs most compelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel
David Wolfeโs life is approaching an exhilarating peak: heโs a successful San Francisco lawyer, heโs about to get married, and heโs being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arifโthe Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law schoolโhe begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent Hanaโwho may well be guiltyโor will he turn away the one woman he can never forget?
The most challenging case of Davidโs career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana Arif and her militant Palestinian husband, both of whom have always lived in exile. Ultimately, Davidโs quest takes him to Israel and the West Bank, where, in a series of harrowing encounters, he learns that appearances are not at all what they seem.
Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications, Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception, a moving love story, and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East, this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing.
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