An international bestseller and finalist for the Prix Goncourt; a suspenseful ta
le of a tangled love triangle in the long shadow of the war on terror. Manhattan
attorney Sam Tahar appears to have it all: fame, fortune, an enviable marriage
to a prominent socialite, and two children. But his charmed life is built on a l
ie - he isn't the person he pretends to be.
As the son of a Tunisian immigran
t growing up in a grimy Paris tower block, Samir Tahar seemed destined to stay o
n the margins - until he decided to 'cut through the bars of his social jail cel
l, even if he had to do it with his teeth'. At law school, he became friends wit
h Jewish student Samuel Baron. The two were inseparable until the irresistible N
ina, torn between the men, chose Samuel.
