This unexpectedly refreshing and comic novel from the author of the bestsellingWomen of Sand and Myrrh is a perceptive and humorous commentary on love thelimits... » 

This unexpectedly refreshing and comic novel from the author of the bestsellingWomen of Sand and Myrrh is a perceptive and humorous commentary on love thelimits of cultural assimilation and the freedoms London simultaneously offersand withholds from its Arab immigrants.Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to London Amira a cannyMoroccan prostitute Lamis a thirtyyearold Iraqi divorcee Nicholas anEnglish expert on Islamic art and Samir a Lebanese man who is delivering amonkey on a mission he doesnt fully understand. Once safely on British soilLamis and Nicholas fall in love Samir chases after blond British youths andAmira reinvents herself as a princess the better to lure clients at the bestLondon hotels. Only in London follows the lives of these four through the cityand across cultural borders. «