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The Foghorn Echoes
The Foghorn Echoes | Danny Ramadan
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Hussam and Wassim are teenaged boys living in Syria during America's invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of their families, are shattered. Wassim promises Hussam his protection, but ten years into the future, he has failed to keep his promise. Wassim is on the streets, seeking shelter from both the city and the civil war storming his country. Meanwhile Hussam, now on the other side of the world, remains haunted by his own ghosts, doing his utmost to drown them out with every vice imaginable. Split between war-torn Damascus and Vancouver, The Foghorn Echoes is a tragic love story about coping with shared traumatic experience and devastating separation. As Hussam and Wassim come to terms with the past, they begin to realise the secret that haunts them is not the only secret that formed them.
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Mehso-so

Jumped the gun completely by adding this to my Giller Longlist wish list. I made that list before picking this book up and actually reading it. Silly. I based my guess solely on the premise of the story and that it would be from a Syrian-Canadian perspective. It‘s mainly dialogue. It‘s not very literary in my opinion and I‘d be disappointed or surprised, but maybe more disappointed if I see it on the Longlist on Tuesday. ☹️☹️ @Lindy #shadowgiller

Lindy I‘m going to be including genre fiction in my longlist, because I decided to include every eligible book that I‘ve rated 5 stars. Literary schmiterary. 2y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @Lindy I would truly love to see Susanna Kearsley‘s book on the list because I loved that one so! But this one —- it wasn‘t what I thought it was going to be - I guess I expected more. It‘s just ….whatever. It‘s okay but it‘s not shatteringly great, deserving of accolades you know what I mean? 2y
Lindy I know what you mean. Lots of books are perfectly enjoyable without being stellar. 2y
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Back to some #ShadowGiller reading. The Giller Longlist announcement is on Tuesday! I blindly put this one on my prediction list but now we‘ll really see if this is actually a strong contender. @Lindy 😊😊