A Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me - Youssef Fadel - Bog

Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through satirical sketches critical of Morocco's rulers. Yet, when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a far-flung desert outpost, it seems that all is lost. Could his estranged father, close to power as the king's private jester, have something to do with his sudden removal? And will he ever see his beloved wife Zinab again?