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IN PRAISE OF HATRED
KHALIFA, KHALED
In 1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house
of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three aunts, Maryam the pious one; Safaa, the liberal; and the freespirited
Marwa, bring her up with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant. Soon the high walls of the
family home are unable to protect her from the social and political changes outside. Witnessing the
crackdowns of the ruling dictatorship against Muslims, she is filled with hatred for her oppressors, and
becomes increasingly fundamentalist. In the footsteps of her beloved uncle Bakr, she takes on the party,
launching herself into a fight for her religion, her country, and ultimately, her own future. On a backdrop of
real-life events that occurred during the Syrian regime's ruthless suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood
in the 1980s, In Praise of Hatred is a stirring, sensual story. Its elegant use of traditional, layered
storytelling is a powerful echo of the modern-day tragedy that is now taking place in the Middle East.
FICTION
BLACK SWAN
9780552776134
$19.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
320 PAGES
IN THE BLOOD
UNGER, LISA
Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is
that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her
trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from
schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to controlling the people in his
life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers? When Lana’s closest friend, Beck,
mysteriously disappears, Lana resumes her lying ways—to friends, to the police, to herself. The police
have a lot of questions for Lana when the story about her whereabouts the night Beck disappeared
doesn’t jibe with eyewitness accounts. Lana will do anything to hide the truth, but it might not be enough
to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lana’s lies. And he’s dying to tell.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 150,000
TOUCHSTONE
352 PAGES
9781451691177
$29.99 HC
JANUARY 2014
**HOT ** INNOCENCE
KOONTZ, DEAN
He lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from society, which will destroy him if he is ever seen. She
dwells in seclusion, a fugitive from enemies who will do her harm if she is ever found. But the bond
between them runs deeper than the tragedies that have scarred their lives. Something more than
chance—and nothing less than destiny—has brought them together in a world whose hour of reckoning is
fast approaching.
FICTION
RANDOM HOUSE
9780553808032
$31.00 HC
JANUARY 2014
352 PAGES