Close Sesame

Farah's landmarkVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised by the novels Sweet and Sour Milk, Sardines, and Close Sesame. In this volume, the third and final book in the series, the characters are deeply entwined in the waking nightmare of a police state. An old man finds himself poised in mortal combat with an elusive and cunning enemy in an atmosphere where the distinction between public and private justice is always obscured.

Close Sesame is a novel that offers an eloquent indictment of the tyrannies committed both under Islamic law and in the name of Socialism (The Observer).

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 09/01/2006
ISBN: 9781555971625
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.03w x 0.79d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/15/1992