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In this sweeping, timely thriller, a Palestinian American FBI agent teams up with a hardline Israeli cop to solve the murder of the Israeli police chief in Gaza—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming Tower and The End of October.

"A layered tale of intrigue and betrayal."—Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer…

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1 author picked The Human Scale as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Wright is not only a leading non-fiction chronicler but an excellent fiction writer. This is an informative story that portrays the hurtful intertwining of Israeli and Arab lives in West Bank. Wright uses his own research on the Middle East as a great foundation upon which he constructs a compelling story that will enlighten the reader

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