A wildly misspent youth isn’t a surprising basis for a memoir — except when, like Darina Al-Joundi, the author grew up in Beirut and was as familiar with Kalashnikovs, corpses, and warships as cocaine, nightclubs, and anonymous sex.
A wildly misspent youth isn’t a surprising basis for a memoir — except when, like Darina Al-Joundi, the author grew up in Beirut and was as familiar with Kalashnikovs, corpses, and warships as cocaine, nightclubs, and anonymous sex.