Award-winning Moroccan novelist and screenwriter Youssef Fadel was born in Casablanca in 1949. During Morocco's so-called 'Years of Lead' he was imprisoned in the notorious Moulay al-Sheriff prison (1974-75). A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me is his ninth novel. He lives in Casablanca, Morocco.Associate Professor of Arabic at Dartmouth, Jonathan Smolin received his doctorate from Harvard. His research interests include Modern Arabic literature, crime and police fiction and illegal immigration. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture (2013). He lives and works in Hanover, NH, USA.

"A masterful history of modern Morocco."--BookShy Blog"[Fadel is] a valued asset of modern Moroccan literature."--Aujourd'hui le Maroc"Events progress rapidly and with the acute tension of a detective novel"--Leah Caldwell, The National"Fadel's daring account of modern Morocco widens the periphery of the English reader on a subject that is better known in Arabic and French."--Sherif Dhaimish, Qantara.de"A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me reads like a taut and claustrophobic detective story."--Literary Hub"Fadel's novel brings out the importance of seeing one's place even in the darkest of times."--Wawa Book Review

Award-winning Moroccan novelist and screenwriter Youssef Fadel was born in Casablanca in 1949. During Morocco's so-called 'Years of Lead' he was imprisoned in the notorious Moulay al-Sheriff prison (1974-75). A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me is his ninth novel. He lives in Casablanca, Morocco.Associate Professor of Arabic at Dartmouth, Jonathan Smolin received his doctorate from Harvard. His research interests include Modern Arabic literature, crime and police fiction and illegal immigration. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture (2013). He lives and works in Hanover, NH, USA.

"A masterful history of modern Morocco."--BookShy Blog"[Fadel is] a valued asset of modern Moroccan literature."--Aujourd'hui le Maroc"Events progress rapidly and with the acute tension of a detective novel"--Leah Caldwell, The National"Fadel's daring account of modern Morocco widens the periphery of the English reader on a subject that is better known in Arabic and French."--Sherif Dhaimish, Qantara.de"A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me reads like a taut and claustrophobic detective story."--Literary Hub"Fadel's novel brings out the importance of seeing one's place even in the darkest of times."--Wawa Book Review

Award-winning Moroccan novelist and screenwriter Youssef Fadel was born in Casablanca in 1949. During Morocco's so-called 'Years of Lead' he was imprisoned in the notorious Moulay al-Sheriff prison (1974-75). A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me is his ninth novel. He lives in Casablanca, Morocco.Associate Professor of Arabic at Dartmouth, Jonathan Smolin received his doctorate from Harvard. His research interests include Modern Arabic literature, crime and police fiction and illegal immigration. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture (2013). He lives and works in Hanover, NH, USA.

"A masterful history of modern Morocco."--BookShy Blog"[Fadel is] a valued asset of modern Moroccan literature."--Aujourd'hui le Maroc"Events progress rapidly and with the acute tension of a detective novel"--Leah Caldwell, The National"Fadel's daring account of modern Morocco widens the periphery of the English reader on a subject that is better known in Arabic and French."--Sherif Dhaimish, Qantara.de"A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me reads like a taut and claustrophobic detective story."--Literary Hub"Fadel's novel brings out the importance of seeing one's place even in the darkest of times."--Wawa Book Review