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Aug 07, 2014natalieruhl rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This book has a terrible main character. There is nothing redeeming about him. He is creepy and perverted. I don't sympathize for the character because he is poor and an immigrant and mistreated because he is so unlikable. For example: The main character works in restaurant where all he wants to do is seduce the restaurant owner's daughter. As a young woman I hope that this is not a model men ascribe to. The reason I gave this book 1 star is because Rawi Hage could not have more accurately created a character who you would want to call Cockroach. I got through the book because I wanted to see what the Canada Reads panel saw in it. In the end I saw very little and would not recommend it to anyone to read!