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Chris Cleave is not shy in dealing with controversial themes in his books. His first novel deals with a terrorist attack in London, and now he's back with a second novel that explores the reality of illegal immigration. In The Other Hand, husband-and-wife journalists take a beach holiday to Nigeria to work on their marital problems. On their travels they meet two Nigerian girls who are victims of their country's oil war. The couple survive a bloody fight on the beach and escape home, but neither is able to move on from the experience.

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1 Other Hand, The by Chris Cleave
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4 Father Knows Less: Or Can I Cook My Sister? by Wendell Jamieson
5 Daughters of Moab, The by Kim Westwood

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2008/09/09414/

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