The Jealous Lover

by Driss ben Hamed Charhadi and Larbi Layachi

Nonfiction. In his new, non-fiction book, THE JEALOUS LOVER, Larbi Layachi unsparingly depicts his years as a teenager in Tangier, Morocco. Banished by his stepfather to sleep in a leaky shed where he all but drowns, the boy leaves home. At twelve he sets out on his own, resting at night on cafe floors, and fishing for a living on the beach. By turns, he smuggles contraband, meets a Spanish girl and falls in love, serves two terms in Tangier jails,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939180308
• ISBN13: 9780939180301
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Tombouctou Books
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.