ARGONAUT BOOKS

A Syrian novel set in Aleppo during the early days of the civil war that followed the Arab Spring. Reviews A masterful distillation of one of the great tragedies of the twenty-first century, as stripped of artifice and sentimentality as it is undergirded with insight and empathy. Roundabout of Death is essential readingDan Mayland, author of The Doctor of AleppoA brilliant, kaleidoscopic and claustrophobic portrayal of the Syrian civil war. Khartash's spare prose eloquently conveys horrors that require no rhetorical elevation. This is a fine book that deserves a wide rea...Read More