A review by robinwalter
A Line in the River: Khartoum, City of Memory by Jamal Mahjoub

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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.