Book review by Tom Seymour:  Perhaps it was inevitable, seeing as I had read a good deal Hama Tuma’s satire before I read any of his fiction, that I would read his short stories for his politics, and for the keen sense of justice that marks his satirical essays. There is much of this to be found in his fiction. First, in his sardonic depictions of petty bureaucrats, government thugs and political bullies, whose cool treatment of suffering is a recurring feature of the stories. Second, in his own third-person narrative voice which, for all the irony and dark humour of the stories, is still prone to talking in a direct and sincere tone:  Read More...