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Monk of Mokha, The

$33.00

Monk of Mokha, The

SKU: 9780241244906 Category: Product ID: 84097

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Title: Monk of Mokha, The
Author: EGGERS DAVE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 25/01/2018
Imprint: HAMISH HAMILTON
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active

From the best-selling author of The Circle – the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil warMokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen’s central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country’s rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U.S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back.The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams.

ISBN: 9780241244906
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 368

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Dimensions 234 × 153 mm