The Mehlis Report

The Mehlis Report

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<p><strong>The English-language debut of 2012€sInternational Arabic Fiction Prize winner</strong></p><p>A complex thriller, <em>The Mehlis Report</em> introduces English readers to a highly talented Arabic writer. When former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri is killed by a massive bomb blast, the U.N. appoints German judge Detlev Mehlisto conduct an investigation of the attack €• while explosions continue to rock Beirut. Mehlis€s report is eagerly awaited by the entire Lebanese population.</p><p>First we meet Saman Yarid, a middle-aged architect who wanders the tense streets of Beirut and, like everyone else in the city, can€t stop thinking about the pending report. Saman€s sister Josephine, who was kidnapped in 1983,narrates the second part of <em>The Mehlis Report</em>: Josephine is dead, yet exists in a bizarre underworld in the bowels of Beirut where the dead are busy writing their memoirs. Then the ghost of Hariri himself appears€¦ </p>