Al-Ramli is a remarkable storyteller, and in Daughter of the Tigris he creates
a dynamic, intricately plotted narrative, brimming with stories and a host of
memorable characters Susannah Tarbush, Banipal On the sixth day of Ramadan, in a
land without bananas, Qisma leaves for Baghdad with her husband-to-be to find
the body of her father. But in the bloodiest year of a bloody war, how will she
find one body among thousands? For Tariq, this is more than just a marriage of
convenience: the beautiful, urbane Qisma must be his, body and soul. But can a
sheikh steeped in genteel tradition share a tranquil bed with a modern Iraqi
woman? The President has been deposed, and the garden of Iraq is full of
presidents who will stop at nothing to take his place. Qisma is afraid - afraid
for her son, afraid that it is only a matter of time before her father's
murderers come for her. The only way to survive is to take a slice of Iraq for
herself. But ambition is the most dangerous drug of all, and it could just seal
Qisma's fate.