<p>In 1975, Rich, an American law student visiting his family in Beirut, falls in love with Muna, the beautiful and intensely militant Palestinian activist whose brother leads the Rejection Front. Pursuing Muna, Rich becomes entangled in her commitment to terrorism. His father, a long-time resident of Beirut and specialist in Arab affairs, also becomes embroiled in the tragic efforts of Palestinian resistance.As civil war tears open the festering wounds of Lebanon, we experience the authentic scene of Beirut destroying itself, pitting Moslems and Palestinians against Christian forces. The war's bombs, battles and brutality are seen through the expatriate eyes of Rich's American family.Political intrigues envelop Rich and Muna. Their secret meetings are exposed, and they stand to be separated. Their hopes and those of the many victims of the war's turmoil and violence might end up buried in Beirut.</p>

Burial in Beirut

Literature & Fiction

Parker, Orin

Contemporary

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Does big money own politics? Does our Congress have a price tag? Does the Republican Party’s split mean a third party in the U.S.? Orin Parker’s new novel, THE REPRESENTER, is a timely, fast-moving political story of the battle to take back our elections from the BIG MONEY that is buying our Congress and even the White House. A lawyer defeats the incumbent Tea Party choice in California’s primary election on a pledge to get rid of the Super PAC funding that now controls our elections. Vowing to Restore Elections to Voters, Mike McGraw runs a clean campaign funded by limited contributions within his district. An invented sex-scandal engineered by Super PAC money threatens to force McGraw out of the race. Fighting back, he defeats the blackmail before it’s made public. Seeking a national alliance with other anti-Tea Party candidates, he organizes a rebellion against the Say-No GOP leadership and the secret millions of funding made legal by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that corporations are persons. His REV-Return Elections to Voters bloc confronts Republican leadership. A quick read, the novel chronicles the adventures of McGraw through 2012’s confusing summer of negative politics, coping with the problems of his inexperienced volunteer campaign staff and his loving but sometimes rebellious family.

The Representer, a novel of American politic$: Has Congress got a price tag?

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