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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece, August 22, 2008

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J. Dunwoody (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: De Niro's Game: A Novel (P.S.) (Paperback)

A stream of consciousness account of a shell-shocked young man struggling to retain his sanity in the middle of a war. The narrator's voice is disengaged and repetitive as he describes events that overcome his family, childhood friendships, and city. Hage presents a stark contrast between the poetic beauty of his language and the tragedies of the war.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great writing, November 5, 2007

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Nick C. (Rochester, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: De Niro's Game (Hardcover)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Great cinematographic style, vivid, risky, and imaginative. A close look at the personal and daily living of two young people in the midst of a civil war. More informative and captivating than general media coverage. One of the best literay novels on the middle east I have read in years. Simply brilliant.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Daniel is mistaken, December 23, 2007

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This review is from: De Niro's Game (Hardcover)

Rawi Hage's first novel is arguably one of the best pieces of English literature on Lebanon's devastating 15-year civil war. Daniel Scott's simplistic analysis of "De Niro's Game" does not do the book or its author justice. Hage's writing style, which is often poetic in nature, paints a vivid picture of Lebanon's internal tragedy between Christian militias, socialist forces, and Palestinian guerrillas. This book is an absolute must-read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars War is ugly
Lebanon is a country with bad luck. Which comes, of course, from bad location. A beautiful, hilly and forested piece of land, home to ancient civilizations like the Phoenicians,... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Guillermo Maynez

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Rewarding Read set during the Beirut Conflict in 1982 with wonderful writing
Bassam, the narrator, is a 19 year old Christian living in Beirut with his widowed mother during the Conflict between Muslims and Christians in 1982. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Kiwifunlad

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw, real, and memorable.
I have to say, I loved this book. Firstly, his writing is raw and difficult at times, but worth the effort. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Amie J. Woeber

2.0 out of 5 stars Can't feel a thing
One would expect a tale about two kids coming of age during a civil war to be bursting with emotion. In this regard, the book totally misses the mark. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Car Samuels

4.0 out of 5 stars De Niro's Game: An Incredible Story
De Niro's Game is the story of two best friends struggling to navigate through the chaos and tragedy of Lebanon's civil war. Read more

Published on January 1, 2010 by Nadeem Muaddi

1.0 out of 5 stars 10,000 clichés on Lebanon and its Civil War
Rawi Hage's novel benefitted from the exotic character that novels of this sort always get, especially that it is one of those rare pieces of fiction that take place in war... Read more

Published on July 29, 2009 by il postino

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Topic but Missing something
In De Niro's Game, Rawi Hage tells about a place and time that I was very interested in. I have not read anything else about Beirut in the 80's. Read more

Published on December 21, 2008 by Richard Pittman

5.0 out of 5 stars A definite Must-Read
After 5 years of civil war, the early 1980s brought more bloodshed and conflict for the Lebanese people. Read more

Published on December 15, 2008 by Liber Vermis

4.0 out of 5 stars Celebrate the Bullet
Lebanese-Canadian author Hage mines the rich and tragic history of the Lebanese Civil War for this debut novel, featuring two Christian childhood friends who gradually grow apart... Read more

Published on December 11, 2008 by A. Ross

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
You read this novel and the writing is as clean, sparse and arid as the desert. Then suddenly, in a single passage, you are inundated, swimming, drowning in words and images that... Read more

Published on August 25, 2008 by Elisabeth Forrest

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