The Sunday Telegraph London, April 6th, 2008
The Night of the Mi'raj
BY ZOE FERRARIS
LITTLE, BROWN, pounds 14.99 357 pp
T pounds 12.99 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115
One expects the recent trickle of novels about the Middle East that are sold in the West to lift the veil on that complex society. Zoe Ferraris goes further, combining an engaging, well-paced thriller with an expose of the self-censorship and simmering sexual tensions at the heart of modern-day Jeddah.
Nouf, daughter of the mega-wealthy Shrawi family, is found dead in the desert after an apparent kidnapping. The coroner closes the case with mysterious haste, so Nouf's...
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