The Sirens of Baghdad
by Yasmina Khadra
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Author: Yasmina KhadraTranslator: John Cullen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-06
ISBN: 0307386163
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: An agonising tale: sad, moving, arresting
Summary: 4 Stars
Writing under the pen name Yasmina Khadra, Mohammed Moulessehoul deftly weaves a harrowing story of a young, gentle bedouin man studying in a university that witnesses a chain of unfortunate events that transform him into a hardened terrorist.
The journey of an innocent boy, that people mocked as being "too-soft", through the three life changing events that result in the falling of his beliefs(in himself, in his people, in the meaning of life), and the taking over of an agonising revenge-mania that changes him and his life completely. The three events were very well written by the author(and sent shivers through my spine); the overall writing is very good, does not read like a documentary or a cheesy novel. There is a definite change in the style and tone of writing between the last few chapters and the rest of the novel. That I think is in keeping with the change in the narrator(the un-named protagonoist) himself. Overall - I highly recommend the book and am hoping to read the other two novels by the author soon.
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