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I really struggled to finish this book. I didn't like any of the characters. What redeemed it was the descriptions of the cities and villages in Algeria.
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Three Americans who think of themselves as travellers, not tourists, are adrift in North Africa after the second World War. What happens to them is a miserable cry of despair, as their emotional dislocation and incomprehension of their surroundings gradually destroys them. Most of the book is about their inner landscapes, though the Sahara and North Africa and its people feature prominently. Everyone is flawed, more so as time goes on and the main characters move further and further from civilis
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An A+ novel.
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