The Life And Death Of A Palestinian. In February 2000, Richard Zimler Went To Australia For The Perth Writers' Festival. While He Was There, He Met A Talented Dancer From A Brazilian Mime And Dance Troupe. The Tragic Step She Would Take The Next Day Would Change His Life Forever, And Launch Him Into An Obsessive, Three-year Investigation Of Her Past. Part Memoir And Part Thriller, 'the Search For Sana' Blurs The Conventional Boundaries Between Fact And Fiction As It Takes An Intimate Look At A Lifelong Friendship, And The Inception Of An Unthinkable Crime.