A review by thewakeless
A Palace in the Old Village by Tahar Ben Jelloun

1.0

  If the object of the writer was to write one of the main character i have felt the least amount of sympathy to, this book is a success. I deeply hated the main character, he was racist, sexist, homophic, stubborn and even his basic ideas of human interactions don't sit right with me. He plays himself as the victim of his children's thoughtlessness and lack of love, but openly admits he never talk to them.... it's like buddy, what did you expect? The only joy I got from this book was watching him humiliate and eventually kill himself