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The hostage

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In the Yemen, a boy is taken hostage to assure the loyalty of his clan. He is made a houseboy in the imam's palace and falls in love with his daughter. The novel is set in the 1940s.

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In the Yemen, a boy is taken hostage to assure the loyalty of his clan. He is made a houseboy in the imam's palace and falls in love with his daughter. The novel is set in the 1940s.

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