One Hundred And One Nights (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
One Hundred and One Nights is the second debut novel I've read this month with voracity and delight. What a GREAT read! Written from the viewpoint of an Iraqui doctor, schooled in Chicago, the story unfolds in ways both mysterious and heart-wrenching. I was completely taken in from the very first chapter. I'm perhaps gullible, but I didn't atually understand what was really happening until about half way through the book. At that AHA moment, I was in awe of Buchholz and his ability to both touch and to educate in a single paragraph. I highly recommend this one. I liked some things about this book, especially the context (geographical and cultural) and the protagonist, whom I found interesting and compelling. He's an Iraqi doctor turned cell phone salesman who has recently returned to an Iraqi village from several years of education, training and life in the US. He's a man with secrets. I liked the thoughtful, perceptive and open-minded author explanation for writing this novel from the perspective of an Iraqi man (in an Q/A at the end). I did not care for the flow of the book nor the flashbacks and I found large chunks of the story to be really confusing. The author clears up all confusion in the end, but by then my interest and my appreciation of the novel had waned.
What do You think about One Hundred And One Nights (2011)?
Set in war torn Iraq. Returns to Iraz and life gets out of control. Impact of war.
—Taylor
