"This utterly charming and, yes, moving novel takes us on a journey ... and the result is a victory of human ingenuity and a joyous picaresque. VERDICT Beautiful fun that also gives a deeper sense of Middle East history."
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Library Journal
“A deeply compassionate meditation on one man’s life and its impending finality. Amusingly digressive and philosophically rich … Gaponenko, at just thirty-four, remains a serious young talent and someone to keep an eye out for in the coming years.”
Rain Taxi