The Gates of Paradise

A fast-paced, suspenseful novel that questions desire, painful family dynamics, and the preoccupations with Jihadism.

Yaqoub, a Kuwaiti man in his sixties, devotes all his time to managing his many successful businesses. His wife, frustrated by the deteriorating situation of their marriage, fills the void in her existence with unbridled consumption. But the luxury in which their family bathes cannot hide the echoes of a terrible absence, that of Ahmad, the youngest son, who has turned his ba...