Hi, Eric. I enjoy your blog. You, your friends, or your blog readers might be interested in my first novel, SAUDI MATCH POINT, published last month by Blacksmith Books of Hong Kong.
As far as I know, it’s the only novel in English set entirely in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Strict Islamic practices figure heavily in the narrative - a point that might interest Malay readers, in particular.
One of the novel's two intersecting plotlines looks at the implications of the U.
S. using an al Qaeda hostage-taking as a pretext for seizing Saudi oilfields: tomorrow’s news headlines - today. The other follows the tribulations and trials of a poor Saudi woman trying to escape a pending arranged marriage.
You can see more about the book and buy it at www.blacksmithbooks.com for US$10, which includes the cost of international shipping.
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