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Goran’s Dilemma

Phil Murphy

KEY SELLING POINTS

Anovel, set in theYugoslav Wars of 1991-5, withapowerfultruestoryat its heartthatencapsulates in one
set of relationships all the cruelty and compassion that characterised Europe’s ‘forgotten’ conflicts.
Thoroughlyresearchedby anauthorwhohasworkedattheheartof theBritishpoliticalworldandwithfirst-
handexperienceof theaftermathof thenearfour-yearsiegeof Sarajevo.
Writteninthestyle of Robert Harriswheretheauthenticstory of thesetimes is toldwiththehelp of fictional
characters.

1992. Bosnian Serb Army Commander, Ratko Mladić, is besieging and bombarding the citizens of Sarajevo.
Hisforcesarerampagingthroughmuchof therestof Bosniaatthesame time. But, ashis notorietyincreases,
hisdaughterAna,amedicalstudentinBelgrade, is strugglingtodealwiththeanomalyof hercommitmentto
thecaringprofessionsandherfather’sroleasagenocidalkiller.Whenherpartnerandfellowmedicalstudent,
Goran, challenges her to renounce her father, she responds in a way no-one might have foreseen, changing the
lives of those close to her dramatically and irrevocably.

Ashestrugglestodealwiththeconsequencesof Ana’sactions,Goranstumblesintoadilemmaevenmore
challengingthanhischoiceoverhisultimatumtoher.Hisresponseto thisfreshdilemmawillhaunthim for
years;but,by nowaqualifieddoctor,heworksonthefrontlineofthepost-wardevastationinBosnia,seekingto
repair children damaged physically and psychologically by the conflicts. It is a saintly Bosnian Muslim social
workerwhoemergestojolt him out of historpor, helps him charthisroute to redemption, andteaches him a
wholenewwayof living his life.

Though based on a true father-daughter dynamic, Goran’s Dilemma is also a timeless story of love
discovered, doomed and then renewed.

Phil Murphy was a political journalist for 15 years, becoming Political Editor of the Press Association,
Britain’s leading newsagency. Heworked as the Labour Party’s Director of Communications, then as apolitical
advisor to then PM, TonyBlair, in 10 Downing Street. The memory of visiting adevastated Sarajevojustmonths
after the near four-year siege of the city ended drove him to research the story of the fall of Yugoslavia and
produce this novel.
Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280729
Themasubjectcategory:FV–Historical fiction
paperback 234 x 156 mm 240 pp Portrait Authorlocation: Surrey

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