Long-listed for the Wales Book of the Year 2011

This is the second edition of Stevie Davies' novel Into Suez, which was recently chosen as The Guardian's Book of the Year by Margaret Drabble, who writes:

"A novel that moves with ease from Egypt immediately after the Second World War to the 21st Century and back again...telling the story of a whole generation".

1948, Great Britain, victorious but bankrupt after the Second World War, attempts to reassert itself as an imperial power in the Suez Canal zone.

Joe, an RAF sergeant, is the everyday working man. Ailsa, his wife, an independent, free thinking woman yearns to explore her new homeland of Egypt. It's here that she meets the exotic Mona. In a world of terrorism and political struggle, her friendship with Mona and an act of murder pitch the married couple into tragedy. 

"Into Suez is a bold and gripping novel on an important subject...A very satisfying and moving book." The Telegraph