


Steeped in both historical lore and the socio-political realities of the small ex-French colony of Djibouti before and during its 1990s civil war, Waberi%E2%80%99s new collection tells the alternatively inspiring and somewhat laborious tale of Bashir %E2%80%9CBinladen,%E2%80%9D in Paris due to mistaken identity, who provides a crassly sensationalistic window into the soldier%E2%80%99s life, replete with graphic rape-and-pillage exploits described in an energetic, illiterate voice: %E2%80%9COh, the army was big mess.
