Yalo: A Novel by Elias Khoury

Yalo: A Novel

Elias Khoury

368 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction politics challenging dark emotional slow-paced
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Award-winning author Elias Khoury's latest novel is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trancendence, told through the contradictory confessions of a young Lebanese prisonerDuring the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, a young man is arre...

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Moods

challenging 100%
dark 100%
tense 100%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 100%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

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3.79

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