In this lyrical, hallucinatory novel set in morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun offers an imaginative and radical critique of contemporary arab social customs and islamic law. Tells the story of a Moroccan Father's effort to thwa...In this lyrical, hallucinatory novel set in morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun offers an imaginative and radical critique of contemporary arab social customs and islamic law. Tells the story of a Moroccan Father's effort to thwart the consequences Of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring.