num_pages: 277
description: WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZEDe Niro’s Game plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon’s civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro’s Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.
language: English
title: De Niro's Game
titlecomplete: De Niro's Game
genres: Literature, Lebanon, Literary Fiction, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3820
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats québécois, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Steerforth