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In this harrowing novel, a young Moroccan bookseller is falsely accused of being involved in jihadist activities. Drugged and carried off the street, Hamuda is "extraordinarily rendered" to a prison camp in an unknown location where he is interrogated and subjected to various methods of torture.

Narrated through the voice of the young prisoner, the novel unfolds in Hamuda’s attempt to record his experience once he is finally released after six years in captivity. He paints an unforgettable portrait of his captors’ brutality and the terrifying methods of his primary interrogator, a French woman known as Mama Ghula. With a lucid style, Himmich delivers a visceral tale that explores the moral depths to which humanity is capable of descending and the limits of what the soul can endure.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Series, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph, Biographies
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xx
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  1. 1. The Shock and Terror Cellar
  2. pp. 1-6
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  1. 2. Spending Time in My Cell
  2. pp. 7-10
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  1. 3. Before the Investigating Judge
  2. pp. 11-22
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  1. 4. A Wounded Man on My Bedcover
  2. pp. 23-27
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  1. 5. How Can I Write My Report about Myself?
  2. pp. 28-36
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  1. 6. In the Clutches of theInvestigating Judge’s Secretary
  2. pp. 37-41
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  1. 7. Yet Another Wounded Man on My Bed
  2. pp. 42-46
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  1. 8. My Session with Both the Investigating Judgeand His Secretary, Nahid al-Busni
  2. pp. 47-56
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  1. 9. A Prisoners’ Soccer Game
  2. pp. 57-61
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  1. 10. My Worst Night of Torture
  2. pp. 62-73
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  1. 11. These Are My Injuries, and Then They Cut My Hair
  2. pp. 74-77
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  1. 12. With the Investigating Judgeand His New Secretary
  2. pp. 78-88
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  1. 13. The Letter That Is a Gleaming Light,and I Witness Executions
  2. pp. 89-97
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  1. 14. Another Torture Session
  2. pp. 98-106
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  1. 15. From the Crazy Block to the Shopfor the People Practicing for Judgment Day
  2. pp. 107-115
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  1. 16. Between My Walls: The Christian Fayruz
  2. pp. 116-123
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  1. 17. Appointment with the Disciplinary Committee
  2. pp. 124-131
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  1. 18. The Condition of My Leg Worsensand the Block Starts to Sway
  2. pp. 132-136
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  1. 19. Another of the Judge’s Whims: My Appointment as Mufti
  2. pp. 137-146
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  1. 20. From the Hospital to My Involvementin a Communal Burial
  2. pp. 147-152
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  1. 21. In My Torturess’s Bed: A Night of Debauchery and Terror
  2. pp. 153-161
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  1. 22. I Have No Choice but to Sleep andWake Up to the Vestiges of a Fire
  2. pp. 162-165
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  1. 23. From the Penitents’ Wingto a Debauched Nightclub
  2. pp. 166-175
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  1. 24. A Final Meeting with the Judge, Thenthe Dormitory with No Sleep
  2. pp. 176-187
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  1. 25. The Major Soirée and Its Disgusting Surprises
  2. pp. 188-200
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  1. 26. My Return to My Beloved Land
  2. pp. 201-203
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  1. 27. Conclusion
  2. pp. 204-214
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  1. Afterword
  2. pp. 215-222
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 223-226
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