Yalo

Yalo, by Elias Khoury [Ily¯as Kh¯ur¯i]; Translated from the Arabic by Peter Theroux. The novel tells the tragic story of criminal-victim Yalo whose story parallels the sad realities of Lebanon, his native country. First translation from Arabic into English. Originally published by Dar-al-Adab, Beirut, in 2002. Brooklyn, New York: Archipelago Books [Minneapolis, Minnesota]; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, c2008.