The Broken Cedar: The Missing

by Martin Malone

The Broken Cedar. Set in the Enclave, in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon. Khalil - exploring in intimate and compelling detail the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on everyday Lebanese life, The Broken Cedar turns on one man's terrible crisis of conscience as he attempts to reconcile past actions with present consequences.

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2024

About the author

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Martin Malone is an Irish short story writer and novelist.
Prior to his writing career, Malone served as a military policeman in the Irish Defence Forces, with postings in Lebanon and Iraq. His memoir The Lebanon Diaries: An Irish Soldier's Story (2006) documents these experiences.
Two of his novels, After Kafra (2001) and The Broken Cedar (2003, longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), draw on Malone's time as a UNIFIL peacekeeper stationed along the Lebanon-Israel border.
His other novels are The Silence of the Glasshouse (2008), and Us (2000); both are set in Ireland.
Malone's short stories have won several literary awards in Ireland. His first collection, The Mango Wars and Other Stories, was published in 2009.
He has also written several plays broadcast on RTE Radio 1 Ireland.