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Secret son : a novel

ISBN: 9781565124943
ISBN: 1565124944
ISBN: 9781616200015
ISBN: 1616200014
Physical Description: 1 online resource. remote
Edition: First paperback edition
Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2010].
Copyright: &copy; 2009

Lalami, Laila 1968- (author.).

Summary: Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father- whom he'd been led to believe was dead-is very much alive. A wealthy businessman, he seems eager to give his son a new start. Youssef leaves his mother behind to live a life of luxury, until a reversal of fortune sends him back to the streets and his childhood friends. Trapped once again by his class and painfully aware of the limitations of his prospects, he becomes easy prey for a fringe Islamic group. In the spirit of The Inheritance of Loss and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Laila Lalami's debut novel looks at the struggle for identity, the need for love and family, and the desperation that grips ordinary lives in a world divided by class, politics, and religion.