"One of the most extraordinary, original – and funniest – books I have ever read. Subversive, satirical, like a farcical, erotic, animal-human animated film."
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Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, author of Kinsey: Sex the Measure of All Things
“A heartwrenching and shocking work of historical fiction … the novel follows Jumaa, an unemployed Arabic teacher who struggles to live peacefully in a dangerous city … A powerful novel that takes a humane view of Syria’s devastation.”
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