Hear Our Defeats

by Laurent Gaudé

Book Overview

A "propulsive" historical novel about the battles--won, lost, and ongoing--that define us, from a winner of the Goncourt Prize (Library Journal, starred review).

Assem, a French intelligence officer, is tasked with tracking down a former member of the US Special Forces suspected of drug trafficking during the war in Afghanistan. En route to Beirut, he shares a night with Mariam, an Iraqi archaeologist, who is in a race against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609455002
• ISBN13: 9781609455002
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.2"