Moving the Palace

"A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream ... crackling with razor-sharp humor."—The New York Times

At the dawn of the 20th century, a young Lebanese explorer leaves the Levant for the wilds of Africa, encountering an eccentric English colonel in Sudan and enlisting in his service. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, the military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the contine...