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In the Kingdom of Men

by Kim Barnes

Publication: First published 2012
ISBN: 9781471310737

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"A young woman from the American South finds herself in the strange world of the Middle East after she marries an oil driller"--

Prize history

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2014

Longlist

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014 longlist

The Sound of Things Falling

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Winner
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My Struggle 1

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Questions of Travel

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The Detour

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The Garden of Evening Mists

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A Song for a New Day

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Afropessimism

Frank B. Wilderson III
Burn the Place

Iliana Regan
Burnt Sugar

Avni Doshi
Cantoras

Carolina De Robertis

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