When a Christian Arab friend is accused of helping Israelis kill a Palestinian militant in Matt Beynon Rees' The Collaborator of Bethlehem, Muslim schoolteacher Omar Yussef squares off against the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to prove him innocent.
Body Count
18.
Grisliest Demise
Dismemberment by bomb.
Lowdown
Omar's probe of a West Bank ruled by political intrigue, religious
hatred, and militia thugs lets ex-TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Rees make
the Mideast conflict personal. B+
