A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus.
He was a Muslim officer - and he was murdered. But when Detective
Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the
Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to
investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer's motive: it
is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back
to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love
story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no
place within the old tribal structures. Rafik Schami's dazzling
novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and
religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his
poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers
who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written
a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving
hymn to the power of love.
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