Traitor |
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| Author:
| Daisley, Stephen |
| Read by:
| English, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4893-6633-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Imprint: | ABC |
| Book Format: | CD-Extra |
| List Price: | AUD $87.95 |
Book Description:
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What would make a soldier betray his country?In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy's life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast that should have killed them both consigns them instead to the same military hospital.Mahmoud is a Sufi. A whirling dervish, he says, of the Mevlevi order. He tells David stories. Of arriving in London with a pocketful of dried apricots. Of Majnun, the man mad for love, and of the...
More DescriptionWhat would make a soldier betray his country?In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy's life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast that should have killed them both consigns them instead to the same military hospital.Mahmoud is a Sufi. A whirling dervish, he says, of the Mevlevi order. He tells David stories. Of arriving in London with a pocketful of dried apricots. Of Majnun, the man mad for love, and of the saint who flew to paradise on a lion skin. You are God, we are all gods, Mahmoud tells David; and a bond grows between them.A bond so strong that David will betray his country for his friend.