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robinwalter 's review for:
A Line in the River: Khartoum, City of Memory
by Jamal Mahjoub
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
A difficult read, but worthwhile. There was no sentimentality about "home", no optimism for the future, just a remarkably dispassionate and clear-eyed observational discourse. I learned a great deal, including the somewhat surprising fact that I got the distinct impression the author is not a particularly likeable person. I am glad I read it and even more glad to have finished it and be able to move back to lighter, brighter reading.