Coffee with the Taste of Blood

About this book

Hamad's quiet evening is overturned in a matter of seconds, and the familiar aroma of coffee acquires the metallic taste of blood and guilt. Haunted by a muffled cry, dark stains and shadows that seem to accuse him, he withdraws from his loving family and from Alaa, his fiancée. As the boundary between what he witnessed and what his distressed mind invents begins to collapse, the novel explores fear, guilt and psychological isolation. Its central question is unsettling: can a single illusion destroy an innocent life before the truth comes to light?