Lebanon – A Bookish Type

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by Rabih Alameddine

Raja’s mother drives him insane. He spends a lot of Rabih Alameddine’s affecting new novel, […]

I sometimes worry that I spend too much time thinking about the meaning of titles, […]

I’ve seen other books described in reviews as dazzling and mostly thought of the adjective […]

Trigger warning for graphic violence. The Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975 and continued […]

I’ve realized that I have a deep love of nonfiction accounts of amazing, slightly-crazy journeys. […]

Maha Akhtar’s Footprints in the Desert had so much potential. T.E. Lawrence makes an appearance and blows […]