Enter Ghost

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Enter Ghost
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AuthorIsabella Hammad
Publisher Random House
Publication date
14 March 2024
Pages323
ISBN 9-781-52991999-8
823.92

Enter Ghost is a 2024 novel by Isabella Hammad. It was the winner of the 2024 RSL Encore Award and shortlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction [1] amongst other awards. [2] It has been reviewed by the New York Times [3] and The Guardian. [4]

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References

  1. "Enter Ghost". Blackwells.
  2. "Enter Ghost". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  3. Meyer, Lily (2023-03-31). "Hamlet, and a Political Awakening, Stir in the West Bank". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  4. Williams, Holly (2023-03-28). "Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad review – drama in the West Bank". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-08-19.