Finding Nouf (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547237787)

Zoë Ferraris's electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of men and women there.

When sixteen-year-old Nouf goes missing, along with a truck and her favorite camel, her prominent family calls on Nayir al-Sharqi, a desert guide, to lead a search party. Ten days later, just as Nayir is about to give up in frustration, her body is discovered by anonymous desert travelers. But when the coroner's office determines that Nouf died not of dehydration but from drowning, and her family seems suspiciously uninterested in getting at the truth, Nayir takes it upon himself to find out what really happened to her.

The only problem? He has no access to the women who knew Nouf best, and to gain that access, he must rely on a woman.

Fast-paced and utterly transporting, Finding Nouf offers an intimate glimpse inside a closed society and a riveting literary mystery.

Author: Zoë Ferraris
ISBN-10: 0547237782
ISBN-13: 9780547237787
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 05/06/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 137895 / Finding Nouf