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      The Saddlebag

      by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
      Published
      Feb 2001
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      272
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      A tantalising tale of what befalls nine different individuals travelling the desert route between Mecca and Medina in the middle of the nineteenth century, as they encounter a mysterious saddlebag that changes each of their lives. It seems a perfectly ordinary saddlebag when the Thief steals it from a Pilgrim; but what are its contents, so precious and so powerful that they can wreak death or joy, ruin or salvation? 'Like CATCH 22 and THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS, when you finish reading Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's debut novel, you wonder how on earth she is ever going to be able to follow it up, such is the uniqueness of its form, the precise simplicity of its language and the vaguely unsettling nature of its premise' BIG ISSUE

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      First Edition Feb 2001 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9780747552963 ISBN10 0747552967
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      Jan 2009 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780747546320 ISBN10 0747546320
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