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A review by thingtwo
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
5.0
I read Hage's [b:Cockroach|3994659|Cockroach|Rawi Hage|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327972052s/3994659.jpg|4040733] last year, and was not looking forward to picking up this one. As a matter of fact, had it not won the International Impac Dublin award, I wouldn't have bothered. I'm glad I bothered.
This book is about two friends who grow up amid the war in Lebanon. Hage's writing is exceptionally beautiful, especially since he writes about death, and bombs, and beatings, and blood. I found it visually stark, but so compelling I could not put it down. It helps, I suppose, that I recently also read Camus' [b:The Stranger|49552|The Stranger|Albert Camus|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349927872s/49552.jpg|3324344], for it definitely plays into the story.
As I turned the very last pages of this book, I literally sighed. This was one really well-written story, and Hage has earned another look from me.
This book is about two friends who grow up amid the war in Lebanon. Hage's writing is exceptionally beautiful, especially since he writes about death, and bombs, and beatings, and blood. I found it visually stark, but so compelling I could not put it down. It helps, I suppose, that I recently also read Camus' [b:The Stranger|49552|The Stranger|Albert Camus|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349927872s/49552.jpg|3324344], for it definitely plays into the story.
As I turned the very last pages of this book, I literally sighed. This was one really well-written story, and Hage has earned another look from me.