02711cam a2200301 4500 1261853976 TxAuBib 060525s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006043668 9780805079470 0805079475 (OCoLC)1368 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP C#P VP@ CQU BNO HEBIS HIR TxAuBib Patterson, Richard North. Exile : a novel / Richard North Patterson. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2007. 562 p. : map ; 25 cm. Maps on lining paper. 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. From one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel. 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? The most challenging case of David's career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana Arif and her militant Palestinian husband, both of whom have always lived in exile. Ultimately, David's quest takes him to Israel and the West Bank, where, in a series of harrowing encounters, he learns that appearances are not at all what they seem. Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications, Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception, a moving love story, and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East, this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing. Jews Fiction. Palestinian Arabs Fiction. Terrorists Fiction. California Fiction. Israel Fiction. Suspense fiction.