On the sixth day of Ramadan, in a land without bananas, Qisma leaves for Baghdad with her husband-to-be to find the body of her father.
But ambition is the most dangerous drug of all, and it could just seal Qisma\'s fate..
Qisma is afraid - afraid for her son, afraid that it is only a matter of time before her father\'s murderers come for her.
The only way to survive is to take a slice of Iraq for herself.
But can a sheikh steeped in genteel tradition share a tranquil bed with a modern Iraqi woman?The President has been deposed, and the garden of Iraq is full of presidents who will stop at nothing to take his place.
But in the bloodiest year of a bloody war, how will she find one body among thousands?For Tariq, this is more than just a marriage of convenience: the beautiful, urbane Qisma must be his, body and soul.
On the sixth day of Ramadan, in a land without bananas, Qisma leaves for Baghdad with her husband-to-be to find the body of her father