Hassan ekes out a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through satirical sketches critical of Morocco's rulers. Yet, when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a far-flung desert outpost, it seems that all is lost.Could his estranged father, ...
The subject of racism between blacks and whites in the United States is the central theme of this novel by the author of "One of the Children is Crying", "Island People" and "Mrs October Was Here". A series of encounters between blacks and whites expose the hypocrisy of racism.