Julian Gallo: 18 books

1997: A brash American journalist, Claudio Nicari, and his Tunisian colleague Sarah, go on assignment to interview the elusive and secretive Omar Abbadi, the spiritual leader and 'Commander of The Faithful' of a violent Islamist group called the Algerian Islamic Front. Accompanied by their cameraman...

In this final novel of an informal quartet, begun with The Other Side of The Orange Grove, If The Full Moon Loves You, Why Worry About The Stars?, and Maqam, Diego Nicari, a travel writer, makes a sojourn to Tunis in order to research his family history. Knowing his great-grandparents and grandfather...

It is the twilight of a continent. After centuries of exploration, innovation, invention and colonial conquests it now faces bank failures, high unemployment and economic collapse. In a cold, blustery corner of Europe - the city of Budapest - a group of misfits are trying to navigate through the changing...

New York City, 1979. Nadja — a new immigrant from Poland, thirty years old, recently divorced, and down to her last dollar — wonders how she’s going to make ends meet and care for her children. He is a thirteen year old boy, sitting alone in his bedroom listening to The Kinks, trying to draw...