The Offer

This epic, dynastic novel sweeps across more than half a century of passion, hatred, friendship and fear––tracing the entwined fortunes of two families in Palestine: one Arab, one Jewish. From the day in the late nineteenth century, when a young Hammadi boy and two Nouari brothers meet on the road to Jerusalem and form a partnership, there seems no limit to the growth of their banking empire. Together they conquer the international markets: London, Paris and New York, until a hidden crack t...