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In these troubling, haunting, yet strangely beautiful stories, the horrible carnage of the Middle East is rendered in memorable form. In "An Unwelcome Guest", a Jewish settler from New York plays a lethal game of backgammon with a ghostly old Arab while his pregnant partner sleeps unaware. In "The Ruler of the Ruler of Falafel", a restaurant rivalry leads to apocalyptic violence. And in the fantastic, horrifying title account, a lonely shepherd wanders a destroyed no-man's land, taking with him the burden of an unspeakable take action. A collection of startling power and vivid creativeness, it heralds the arrival of a masterful new storyteller.
