I’m still on a globetrotty search for coming-of-age stories set in the 1990s (specifically 92-96) to hold up my bland high school soft-serve experience-machine. This one here is a perfectly paced and passionate ode to Lebanon, family drama and young friendship, served up like a mystery.
Song for the Missing by Pierre Jarawan, (List Price: $19.99, World Editions, 9781642861075, March 2022)
Reviewed by Ian McCord, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia