Name: The Watermelon Boys: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
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Author: Ruqaya Izzidien
ISBN: 9789774168802

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The Watermelon Boys: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Hoopoe

Author

Ruqaya Izzidien

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

264

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.0 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.34

ISBN13

9789774168802

Synopsis "The Watermelon Boys: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)"

Shortlisted for The Betty Trask Prize It is the winter of 1915 and Iraq has been engulfed by the First World War. Hungry for independence from Ottoman rule, Ahmad leaves his peaceful family life on the banks of the Tigris to join the British-led revolt. Thousands of miles away, Welsh teenager Carwyn reluctantly enlists and is sent, via Gallipoli and Egypt, to the Mesopotamia campaign. Carwyn’s and Ahmad’s paths cross, and their fates are bound together. Both are forever changed, not only by their experience of war, but also by the parallel discrimination and betrayal they face.Ruqaya Izzidien’s evocative debut novel is rich with the heartbreak and passion that arise when personal loss and political zeal collide, and offers a powerful retelling of the history of British intervention in Iraq.

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