"With a surprising degree of humor, Hage's second novel (after IMPAC Dublin-winner DeNiro's Game)
explores the peculiar politics of Montreal's immigrant communities
through the bleak obsessions of a misanthropic thief….The novel's
gritty back-alley world gives rise to a host of glorious rogues, each
swindling the others at every opportunity, and yet each is capable of
great empathy under just the right circumstances."
Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review
Rawi Hage was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lived
through nine years of the Lebanese civil war. He immigrated to Canada
in 1992. His writing has appeared in Fuse magazine, Mizna, Jouvert, The Toronto Review, Montreal Serai, and Al-Jadid. His debut novel, De Niro’s Game,
won many prestigious national and international awards, including the
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He lives in Montreal.
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