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ADVANCE INFORMATIONGoran%u2019sDilemmaPhil MurphyKEY SELLING POINTSAnovel,setintheYugoslavWarsof 1991-5,withapowerfultruestoryatitsheartthatencapsulatesinone setofrelationshipsallthecrueltyandcompassionthatcharacterisedEurope%u2019s%u2018forgotten%u2019conflicts.Thoroughlyresearchedby anauthorwhohasworkedattheheartof theBritishpoliticalworldandwithfirsthandexperienceof theaftermathof thenearfour-yearsiegeof Sarajevo.WritteninthestyleofRobertHarriswheretheauthenticstoryofthesetimesistoldwiththehelpoffictional characters.1992. BosnianSerbArmyCommander, RatkoMladi%u0107, is besieging and bombarding the citizens of Sarajevo. HisforcesarerampagingthroughmuchoftherestofBosniaatthesame time.But,ashisnotorietyincreases, hisdaughterAna,amedicalstudentinBelgrade, is strugglingtodealwiththeanomalyof hercommitmentto thecaringprofessionsandherfather%u2019sroleasagenocidalkiller.Whenherpartnerandfellowmedicalstudent, Goran,challenges hertorenounce herfather, she responds inawayno-onemight haveforeseen, changingthe lives of those close to her dramatically and irrevocably.Ashestrugglestodealwiththeconsequencesof Ana%u2019sactions,Goranstumblesintoadilemmaevenmore challengingthanhischoiceoverhisultimatumtoher.Hisresponseto thisfreshdilemmawillhaunthim for years;but,by nowaqualifieddoctor,heworksonthefrontlineofthepost-wardevastationinBosnia,seekingto repairchildrendamaged physically andpsychologically by the conflicts. Itis asaintlyBosnianMuslim social workerwhoemergestojolt himoutofhistorpor,helpshimcharthisroutetoredemption,andteacheshima wholenewwayof livinghislife.Thoughbased onatruefather-daughterdynamic,Goran%u2019s Dilemma isalso atimeless story oflove discovered, doomed and then renewed.Phil Murphy was a political journalist for 15 years, becoming Political Editor of the Press Association, Britain%u2019sleading newsagency.Heworkedas theLabourParty%u2019sDirectorofCommunications,thenas apolitical advisortothenPM,TonyBlair,in10DowningStreet.ThememoryofvisitingadevastatedSarajevojustmonths after the near four-year siege of the city ended drove him to research the story of the fall of Yugoslavia and produce thisnovel.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280729 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 234 x 156 mm 240 pp Portrait Authorlocation: SurreySales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales