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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.
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.
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David Wolfe, a successful Jewish lawyer in San Francisco who seems to have it all, he is about to marry a beautiful woman who he loves (and who is more devoutly Jewish) and he's about to embark on the political career. Into this ideal life pops an old lover from his college days: Hana Arif, a Palestinian.
Their romance ended because of her arranged marriage to Saeb, a Muslim with rather extreme views. Hana is in the United States along with her husband and daughter, speaking out against Israeli policy.
The visiting Israeli Prime Minister is killed by a terrorist attack and Hana is implicated through hearsay and circumstantial evidence. Hana asks David to represent her, against his better judgement he agrees destroying his political career and threatening his engagement. David has to travel to Israel to seek important evidence as the case involves a possibly large conspiracy.
Patterson writing of this conflict is very even handed which will probably upset and inflame people from both sides. but for someone like myself from Australia I have learned a lot from this story.
At the end of the audio the author is interviewed and he quotes all the people that he interviewed from both sides and even interviewed some people in prison about this conflict as well.
I have just finished THE RACE by Richard North Patterson and loved it.
I feel this story was drawn out and the narrative flow does get bogged down in some parts with too much detail. I was going to give it a 3 star (3 and 1/2 if possible) but as days have gone by since finishing this book I have picked it up so many times and asked clients "Have you read this book?" Then discussed the Palestinian vs Israeli problems.
I now have better memories of EXILE more that THE RACE. Strange with time after finishing a book that we realise how much it has really got to us more than just an easy read does.
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