The Spider's House

Set in Fez Morocco during that countrys 1954 nationalist uprising TheSpiders House is perhaps Paul Bowless most beautifully subtle novel richlydescriptive of it... » 

Set in Fez Morocco during that countrys 1954 nationalist uprising TheSpiders House is perhaps Paul Bowless most beautifully subtle novel richlydescriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations.Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society and thegap in understanding between culturesrecurrent themes of Paul BowlesswritingsThe Spiders House is dramatic brutally honest and shockinglyrelevant to todays political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere. «