Powerful, dark, at times funny, this story of Arab and Persian immigrants in Canada was hard to put down. The main characters all have reasons for migrating from their homeland which are gradually revealed throughout the story and woven together to a climax on the last page. The narrator believes he is part cockroach and this is reflected in some of his questionable deeds as he slowly transforms more and more into an insect. Hallucinatory and disturbing at time, beautifully written and the kind of story that sticks with you.