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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, October 2005
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HOPE AND OTHER DANGEROUS PURSUITS
By: Laila Lalami

Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping book about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future.

Algonquin Books
October 2005
Featuring: Murad; Halima; Faten
208 pages
ISBN: 1565124936
Hardcover
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Contemporary

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits marks the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction. Laila Lalami evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. The book begins as four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain.What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger?

There’s Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who’s been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who’s fleeing her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose faith is at odds with an influential man determined to destroy her future.

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