{"product_id":"dirt-9781914585463","title":"Dirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsive, searing political thriller set on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where the discovery of the body of an Israeli-Arab worker sets off a devastating chain of events...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A first-class political thriller' \u003cb\u003eSteve Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A fantastic page-turner and an intriguing look at a complex and dangerous world. Sarah Sultoon creates intelligent, memorable characters and fascinating stories' \u003cb\u003eHolly Watt\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A powerful political thriller that brims with authentic detail. Clever, compulsive and achingly atmospheric' \u003cb\u003eKia Abdullah \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ------------------------------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is no utopia... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a kibbutz, but this heavily guarded farming community on the Arab-Israeli border isn't the idyll it seems, and tensions are festering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hundreds of miles away, in the Jerusalem offices of the \u003ci\u003eInternational Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, all eyes are on Israel's response to a spate of rocket attacks from Lebanon, until cub reporter Jonny Murphy gets a tip from a mysterious source that sends him straight into the danger zone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the body of an Arab worker is discovered in the dirt of the kibbutz chicken house, it triggers a series of events that puts Lola and the whole community in jeopardy, and Jonny begins to uncover a series of secrets that put everything at risk, as he begins to realize just how far some people will go to belong... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ------------------------------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'An immersive and evocative political thriller that thrust me into a unique, razor-edged world, with a plot filled with tension and complexity. The narrative twists around itself, becoming increasingly claustrophobic and fraught, until it arrives at its explosive dénouement' \u003cb\u003ePhilippa East\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Sarah Sultoon draws on her time spent as a journalist in the Middle East to bring northern Israel, its people, its beauty, and its complexities to life in vibrant colour in this twisting whodunnit...' \u003cb\u003eAnthony Dunford\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Unsettling, riveting, gets under your skin' \u003cb\u003ePeter Hain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914585463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276","brand":"Sarah Sultoon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059905495221,"sku":"9781914585463","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5af1de79-9456-487c-b885-7c965eea9b9d.jpg?v=1690300659","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dirt-9781914585463","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}