Eritrean-born Sulaiman Addonia reads from his debut novel, The Consequences of Love (published 3 July by Chatto & Windus), tonight at:.The Victoria Library
160 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9UD
(nearest tube: Victoria Station)
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Date: Monday 30 June 2008
Time: 6.30-7.30pm
.About the book:Set in Saudi Arabia in 1989, The Consequences of Love is a story about the price of pursuing true love in one of the most repressive societies in the world. Naser is a 20 year-old Eritrean immigrant forced to live in Saudi Arabia because of the troubles in his homeland. Like most migrant workers, his every move is watched by the religious police and his every waking hour is punctuated by the shrill sermons of the blind cleric who runs the local mosque. But one day hope springs forth into this misery as a note drops into Naser's lap. It is that most sacrilegious of things, a note from a woman. 'I have been in love with you for a year, since the first time I saw you.' Against all the forces of his world – religion, police and state – Naser pursues true love knowing that detection will lead to the direst of consequences.- Watch the author discuss the novel here.
I had planned to make Sulaiman Addonia's reading of 30th June here in London but my good intentions went to pot. And so I was glad to see this profile of the writer in the Metro just days later. Click on the black & white page on the left for a better read of the article on the writer, whose novel, 'The Consequences of 
Love', is out now. 
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