A review by tracey1981
The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This novel is packed with many different refugee stories in addition to the main story about a doctor and a writer (and their friends/family) supporting newly arrived Syrian refugees in Lesbos. I felt like I got a short story collection and a novel all-in-one and all of it brilliant. There is lots of hardship and sadness here but also humour, kindness, anger, a full range of human emotion & expression which brings the story of Syrian refugees to multi-dimensional life in ways I have rarely seen. Highly recommended.
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