The Brides' Fair

by Hal Fleming and Harold Fleming

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605637068
• ISBN13: 9781605637068
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: America Star Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Intrigue...

The setting is the mountains in Morocco at a folkloric fair. Young girls and boys - and some men and women - come from different villages to find a husband or a wife. Fleming used this setting as the background for his novel of intrigue. Diplomats, expats, Moroccan officials, mountain people, and terrorist make up the cast of this gripping tale. The Brides' Fair is a complex tale filled with sub-plots including: of a young native girl attempting to escape a forced marriage, local officials dealing with national security threats, a tangle of love interests and terrorist trying to carry out a plot to disrupt the fair. The plot slowly builds to a climactic finish. Hal Fleming made me curious. I actually did some research on the Bride's Fair. The fair takes place in September. This is an exciting read that you won't want to miss.

Exciting, exotic, contemporary, fascinating characters

A marvelous adventure set in Morocco's Mid Atlas mountains. The plot unfolds quietly, steadily, and dramatically, leading to an exciting conclusion. The author blends an intimate understanding of the U.S. diplomatic community with a rich presentation of Islamic historical references, and - stay seated - a terrorist plot. What makes this combination work so well, apart from the author's beautiful descriptive passages about Morocco --its history and its people -- is the array of characters whom the reader meets. I especially enjoyed the resolute courage and conviction, from different perspectives, of the young women: Maleka, Jamila, Karen, and Monique. In sum: a most enjoyable read.

A Winner

Set in a beautiful remote part of Africa, The Brides' Fair takes us to visit a traditional Berber festival. There's an extended cast of diplomats, expats, Moroccan officials and mountain people whose lives end up interwoven in a complex tale of intrigue and danger. Descriptions of the region vie with the developing plot to keep us absorbed and mystified. Although the book is fiction, it gives an authentic peek into the interactions within an Embassy in a developing country. A winner!

A Thrilling Moroccan Tale!

I sat up till two this morning reading The Brides' Fair! Couldn't put it down! It's so well-constructed - weaving together all the different strands of the story, each of which contains possibilities which might emerge, tantalizes the reader with clues, and then ties them together at the end with surprises you never thought of! One senses that the author has really lived it on the ground and knows whereof he writes. With all the really authentic insights into foreign intrigue, terrorism, the romance of the diplomatic life, exotic sex and shoot-em-up violence - it's surely a winner!

The Brides' Fair

The reader is taken on a suspense-filled journey into the remote regions of Morocco's Mid Atlas mountains. A real page turner with probing cross-cultural insights.