The highly anticipated continuation of Riad Sattouf??s internationally acclaimed?? #1 French bestseller?? which was hailed by The New York Times as ??a disquieting yet essential read??
In The Arab of the Future: Volume 1?? cartoonist Riad Sattouf tells of the first years of his childhood as his family shuttles back and forth between France and the Middle East. In Libya and Syria?? young Riad is exposed to the dismal reality of a life where food is scarce?? children kill dogs for sport?? and his cousins?? virulently anti-Semitic and convinced he is Jewish because of his blond hair?? lurk around every corner waiting to beat him up.
In Volume 2?? Riad?? now settled