Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi

A fascinating look at a very different life and place.

I got used to the narrator's style fairly quickly as he recounted his youth and young adulthood, scratching out an existence day-to-day. He's very down to earth and matter of fact, whether recounting going hungry, trekking for days, looking for any work he can find, serving time in prison for theft, or sharing kif (pot) and tea with friends.

It's an unusual and intriguing book. Recommended.

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This is a strange book, and yet to get a glimpse of life at the bottom rung of the Moslem World it is well worth the read. The only other thing I will say is that I suspect this is really nonfiction, though for reasons explained in the book it was labelled a fiction.