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Exile : a novel

David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif--the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school--he begins a completely unexpected journey.

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  • "Harvard-trained attorney David Wolfe, a San Franciscan on the verge of a congressional campaign, has his plans derailed when his law school classmate (and one-time lover), Palestinian Hana Arif, asks him to defend her from charges that she led a conspiracy that assassinated dovish Israeli leader Amos Ben-Aron. Inspired by idealism and lingering passion, Wolfe jeopardizes his political future by taking the case. His suspicion that the suicide bombers who attacked Ben-Aron were aided by a security breach leads him to Israel and Lebanon."
  • "David Wolfe, a successful Jewish lawyer, must decide whether or not to represent the Palestinian woman he once had an affair with in her trial for masterminding the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister."
  • "David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif--the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school--he begins a completely unexpected journey."@en
  • "Juridische thriller waarin het dodelijke conflict tussen Israël en de Palestijnen van beide kanten wordt belicht. Verschijnt: mei-08."
  • "A successful attorney about to be married and preparing for a run for Congress, David Wolfe's life is thrown into turmoil when he is reunited with Hana Arif, a Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret love affair in law school."@en
  • "A successful attorney about to be married and preparing for a run for Congress, David Wolfe's life is thrown into turmoil when he is reunited with Hana Arif, a Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret love affair in law school."
  • "David Wolfe is a former homicide prosecutor who is planning to run for Congress. A political dinner for the Israeli Prime Minister is hosted by his girlfriend, Carole Shorr. But when David receives a call from Hana Ashawi, a Palestinian woman who was David's classmate at Harvard Law School, he is rattled."@en
  • "David Wolfe is a former homicide prosecutor who is planning to run for Congress. A political dinner for the Israeli Prime Minister is hosted by his girlfriend, Carole Shorr. But when David receives a call from Hana Ashawi, a Palestinian woman who was David's classmate at Harvard Law School, he is rattled."
  • "A successful attorney about to be married and preparing for a run for Congress, David Wolfe's life is thrown into turmoil when he is reunited with Hana Arif, a Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret love affair in law school, a reunion marked by the assassination of the Israeli prime minister and by his efforts to defend Hana when she is accused of being the mastermind behind the crime."
  • ""David Wolfe se encuentra en el mejor momento de su vida: es un exitoso abogado de San Francisco, está a punto de casarse y se prepara para presentarse al Congreso. Sin embargo, cuando recibe la llamada de Hana Arif, la mujer palestina con la que tuvo una aventura secreta en su época de estudiante universitario, su vida da un giro de ciento ochenta grados. Al día siguiente, un terrorista suicida asesina al primer ministro de Israel en San Francisco; poco después, acusan a la propia Hana de ser el cerebro del atentado. David debe enfrentarse a una decisión difícil: ¿será capaz él, un judío, de defender a Hana, que puede ser culpable, o le dará la espalda a la única mujer que no ha logrado olvidar?"--Back cover."
  • "Con Exilio, el célebre novelista Richard North Patterson nos ofrece una apasionante mezcla de intriga política y drama sentimental que no solo mantiene en vilo al lector, sino que también permite comprender mejor los entresijos de uno de los conflictos más sangrientos e influyentes de nuestro tiempo, el que enfrenta a israelíes y palestinos en Medio Oriente."@es
  • "David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif -- the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school -- he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: will he, a Jew, represent Hana -- who may well be guilty -- or will he turn away the one woman he can never forget?"@en
  • ""David Wolfe is a successful San Francisco lawyer who is about to get married and is being primed for a run for congress. But when Hana Arif -- the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school -- calls, he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. David faces an agonizing choice: will he, a Jew, represent Hana -- who may well be guilty -- or will he turn away from the one woman he can never forget?"--Jacket."@en
  • "David Wolfe is a successful American lawyer being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif-the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school-he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco. Soon, Hana is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent her? The most challenging case of David's career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana and her militant Palestinian husband, all the way back to Israel and the West Bank. There he uncovers the couple's dangerous connections ... culminating in an explosive trial where the stakes are Hana's life-and the future of two peoples."@en

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  • "Thriller / suspense"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Mystery Fiction"
  • "Adventure"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Legal Stories"
  • "Text"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Thriller Fiction"
  • "Novela de suspense"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "L'indiziata : romanzo"@it
  • "L'indiziata : romanzo"
  • "Exilio"
  • "Exilio"@es
  • "Verbannen"
  • "Exile : a novel"@en
  • "Exile : a novel"
  • "al Manfá"
  • "EXILE"
  • "Exile"
  • "Exile"@en
  • "al-Manfā : riwāyah"
  • "Exile a novel (LP)"@en
  • "Exile a novel"

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