Shelf life: Looking at secular books
When so many of the world’s Christians are living as a despised and persecuted minority, and when the media at large has little concern to comment on their fate, it is good to find a novel which brings the horrors of an oppressive, persecuting regime to our attention.
IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN
By Hisham Matar
Penguin/Viking. 245 pages. £12.99
ISBN 0 670 91639 0