In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

In the Country of Men : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780241957073 : 0241957079 : 22 Dec 2011 : Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses.