Throwing Sparks_Abdo Khal.epub

Throwing Sparks as Big as Castles is a shocking and satirical novel exploring the devastating effects of limitless wealth in Saudi Arabia. Set in Jeddah, the story revolves around the secret life of the palace and is “a brilliant exploration of the relationship between the individual and the state,” said Taleb Alrefai, head of the 2010 IPAF judges panel.

The young narrator, Tarek Fadel, has been appointed to the palace ... as its new executioner. Through his eyes the reader witnesses the tasks he carries out on behalf of his master, carrying out crimes against society that include celebratory rapes and other humiliations of his master’s enemies.