>If style, you should take a look at Zeitoun, his latest,
>which is another horrifying story that he tells after
>extensive interviews with the people involved.
>
>If content, you might also appreciate Tracy Kidder's new one,
>Strength in What Remains.


Thanks for the recs.

I liked for both style and content.

I started this book immediately after reading 'A LONG WAY GONE Memoirs of a Boy Soldier' by ISHMAEL BEAH SARAH. (gets an honorable mention) I went through a period where I was reading (non-fiction) titles surrounding the plight of my African people. (Darfur, Rwanda, Sierre Leone, etc.)

While reading the book I had to remind myself that is was a novel and not a true autobiography. This made his "voice" easier to follow especially when he was, at times, "addressing" his narrative the other characters rather than the reader. I know some readers who didn't like this convention. I thought it was well done.

I was simply overwhelmed while reading this. A few strategicly placed 'LOL moments' had me from one end to the emotional spectrum to the other.

I would not have survived.