The Broken Cedar by Martin Malone
A compelling story of Middle-Eastern conflict and one elderly Lebanese man's crisis of conscience. Khalil has been visited by the son of an Irish soldier whom the old man knows to be still alive in a home for the insane. Should he reveal the truth to the son who only seeks his father's remains?
Written by a former military policeman, and dealing with the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Lebanese life, The Broken Cedar is nothing if not timelyKhalil, owner of a small electrical shop on the Israeli-Lebanon border for years, has managed to survive through tumultuous times. Now, with only a short time to live, it is time to face his life's reckoning. An unwilling accomplice to the lynching of two UN peacekeepers years before, he finds shadows of such old events rising up again with the sudden appearance of a victim's son. As he attempts to reconcile past actions with present consequences, Khalil's personal crisis of conscience can be also taken as a national one. The result is a novel with wider ramifications than just the personal drama it describes.
A former Military Policeman, Martin Malone is the author of US, After Kafra, and The Flying Circus. He lives in Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743231701 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743231708 |
| Title | The Broken Cedar |
| Author | Martin Malone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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