The Tears of Boabdil by Neil MacDonald – Review by Anantha Rusum

The Tears of Boabdil by Neil MacDonald
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It took me a little while to get into the story, it was a little confusing as it goes in two parallel stories. Vince is an undercover police officer has to take on a false identity to infiltrate into a Jihadi group. He becomes Zami, and becomes a prisoner, but falls dangerously in love with one of the Jihadi leader’s sister, Ayesha. So, Now Zami shifts between his new identity and his original identity time and again weaving a fictional romantic tale between Vince and Ayesha to gain the attraction of the real Ayesha.
So Vince/Zami leads a dual life and the thin line between reality and deception starts thinning down.
It is impossible to decipher what is the truth and what is farce. What is Vince revealing to the readers? Or is he deceiving them too?
The narrative is complex, but very deftly woven. I had to flip the pages back and forth to keep track of what is going on. But it is definitely one of the unique books I have read.

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