Farah's landmarkVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised by the novels Sweet and Sour Milk, Sardines, and Close Sesame. In this volume, the third and final book in the series, the characters are deeply entwined in the waking nightmare of a police state. An old man finds himself poised in mortal combat with an elusive and cunning enemy in an atmosphere where the distinction between public and private justice is always obscured.
Close Sesame is a novel that offers an eloquent indictment of the tyrannies committed both under Islamic law and in the name of Socialism (The Observer).
- ISBN10 1555971628
- ISBN13 9781555971625
- Publish Date 1 September 2006 (first published 3 November 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English