[lbo-talk] "Girls of Riyadh" spurs rush of Saudi novels

[uvj at vsnl.com]

Reuters.com

"Girls of Riyadh" spurs rush of Saudi novels
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0824250120070723?sp=true

Mon Jul 23, 2007

By Andrew Hammond

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has seen a literary explosion in the last
two years after the success of "Girls of Riyadh", a taboo-breaking novel
that this month went on sale worldwide in English.
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0824250120070723?sp=true