A review by appalonia
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra

4.0

Despite having to put up with occasional prejudice as an Arab living is Tel Aviv, Israel, Amin is a successful surgeon, prosperous, and happily married. One day he is awaiting his wife’s return from a weekend at her grandmother’s house when a local restaurant is bombed, killing 20 people including many children who were attending a birthday party. Amin works into the evening operating on the victims, only to be devastated to learn his wife is among the dead. The local police show up with a search warrant for his house and claim his wife was the suicide bomber responsible for the carnage. This is a very emotional, thought-provoking but accessible novel and I enjoyed reading this a lot.