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Title: "The Prison of Memory"
Review: "The Prison of Memory" by Peter Rodgers is a tautly-written first novel that engages at two levels. At the first it is a political "who done it" which draws us in but leaves us unsure of the outcome. At the second level it paints a very realistic picture of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict,hi-lighting the differences between liberal and conservative elements within each community. Rodgers shows the importance of the attachment to land in this conflict and how Israelis and Palestinians are both held hostage by their memories of past wrongs. The novel underlines the uncomfortable truth that whatever formal agreements exist it will be many generations before the two peoples sharing this troubled land are "at peace". This is an engaging and rewarding novel for anyone interested in the Middle East.
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