11 excellent novels for summer reading

7. "Anatomy of a Disappearance," by Hisham Matar

(The Dial Press, 240 pp.) Libyan expatriate Hisham Matar’s first novel, “In the Country of Men,” which told the story of a young boy whose father mysteriously disappears under the Qaddafi regime, received much acclaim and was shortlisted for a Booker prize. Matar’s second novel about a young Libyan and his father living in exile seems destined for critical success as well. (July)

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