The Most Beautiful Night Of The Soul Stories

From Cairo to London, war correspondent Daniel marosh battles insomnia and hallucinations while fleeing the emotional ravages of conflict and deceit through a dizzying blend of xanax, opium, alcohol and paid sex.... Told from the perspective of cairo-based European correspondent Daniel marosh, the most beautiful night of the soul takes us into the disorienting days and disquieting nights of a man who seeks the truth in the midst of war and chaos, even as he fights his own demons. In The Trial, marosh confronts hard truths when a Kurdish commander in Iraq invites him to view the interrogation of an ISIS suspect; in Winter in the Promised Land, he spends Christmas in Jerusalem with an Israeli friend, a special forces soldier who ensures his kids a happy holiday thanks to a raid in the Gaza strip. In Banana Split, Marosh and an American journalist colleague pass a dizzying night with a prostitute in Cairo; in Son of a Dog, he spends days in the heart of cairos City of the Dead in a desperate search for opium, and forms an unlikely bond with a street kid.... Journalism meets storytelling in this unputdownable collection of linked stories and becomes compelling, thrilling literature.