Book Review: Behrouz Boochani's unsparing look at the brutality of Manus Island
- Written by Alex Reilly, Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
It is a matter of wonder that Behrouz Boochani was able to write No Friend but the Mountains at all. He did so while in Manus prison, using text messages in Farsi on smuggled mobile phones. Egyptian and Australian academic Omid Tofighian worked closely with Boochani to translate the text into English. In a detailed introduction to the book,...
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