TY  - DATA
AU  - ʻĀlim,Rajāʼ
AU  - Halls,Katharine
AU  - Talib,Adam
TI  - The Dove's Necklace: a novel 
SN  - 9781590208984
AV  - PJ7814.L53 .T3813 2016
U1  - 892.7/36 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Overlook Books
KW  - Detectives
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Mecca
KW  - Ficiton
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - gsafd
N1  - "First published in Arabic in 2010 as Tawq al-Hamam by al-Mark al Thaqafi al-'Arabi, Casablanca"-- Title page verso; Subtitle taken from dust jacket
N2  - "When a dead woman is discovered in Abu Al Roos, one of Mecca's many alleys, no one will claim the body because they are ashamed by her nakedness. As we follow Detective Nassir's investigation of the case, the secret life of the holy city of Mecca is revealed. Tackling powerful issues with beautiful and evocative writing, Raja Alem reveals a city--and a civilization--at once beholden to brutal customs, and reckoning (uneasily) with new traditions. Told from a variety of perspectives--including that of Abu Al Roos itself--The Dove's Necklace is a virtuosic work of literature, and an ambitious portrait of a changing city that deserves our attention"--
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