Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2003. This provocative and adventurous novel explores the havoc wrought when a young Kosovan-an illegal immigrant-finds himself in London. Mehmet leads a double life of befriending and lodging with an elderly woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis, while at the same time having an affair with a woman doctor and throwing himself into the London gay scene. Disaster looms when Mehmet begins a new relationship and is quickly arrested because of his illegal status.
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Francis King is the author of An Act of Darkness, The Custom House, Dead Letters, and Prodigies.
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Home Office, Miss Carter, Brompton Square, Lady Muck, Advice Bureau, East Europeans, Marble Arch, Foreign Service New!
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- Domestic Animal (Gay Modern Classics) by Francis King in Front Matter
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- Dead Letters by Francis King in Front Matter
- The Woman Who Was God by Francis Henry King in Front Matter
- Danny Hill: Memoirs of a Prominent Gentleman by Francis King in Front Matter
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- Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) by Donald Palumbo on page 134
- Salt Water Taffy or TwentyThousand Leagues Away From The Sea by June Triplett in Front Matter
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