The Watermelon Boys by Ruqaya Izzidien

The Watermelon Boys

Ruqaya Izzidien

360 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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*** Betty Trask Award 2019 winner ***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 re...

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