A 'woman' (we never find out her real name) arrives in Morocco and as she is checking into her hotel her bag, containing her passport, money and documents, is stolen. Finding both the hotel staff and the local police force to be not only unhelpful, but suspicious of her she assumes the first of several new identities that she adopts over the course of the story.
I had not heard of this book or it's author, I picked it up on a whim and I am so happy that I did!
It is a slim book - a little over two hundred pages - with a lot of dialogue so it is a quick read. The plot is intriguing, we know the woman is running away from some sort of problem/trouble but we don't find out what that is until the end of the book.
I loved the way this book was written, characters weren't given names, rather they were referred to as 'the hotel manager', 'the famous actress' and so on and this all added to the sense of mystery as well as the sense of detachment the 'woman' had from herself.
It is a delightful book, there is an air of suspense to it as you wonder what will happen next and how will the 'woman' extricate herself from each episode.
It is beautifully written and extremely well composed and captivating. And just take a look at that cover - I love it, don't you?
I know it's early days but this is my 'book of the year' so far.
Recommended.
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