The Christian Science Monitor

'The Monk of Mokha' follows the true-life adventures of an immigrant turned coffee-entrepreneur

Have another cup of coffee. It could save the world. Just make sure it’s the right kind of coffee.

That summary stands as a ridiculously oversimplified summary of The Monk of Mokha, the latest book by Dave Eggers. The book offers yet another example of the author’s uncanny ability to transform the long-odds stories of real-life immigrants and their American offspring into poignant and, often painful, page-turners.

Along the way, Eggers obliterates the often-errant logic behind persistent political logrolling in American politics based on presumptions of guilt and malice among Muslims and various immigrant peoples. As he did in “Zeitoun” and “What Is

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor2 min readCrime & Violence
An Honest Hearing In Gibraltar
Many people may know Gibraltar only by its wedge-shaped outcropping at the opening of the Mediterranean Sea or by the Beatles song about the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Yet it may now be poised to show how perceptions of government malfeasa
The Christian Science Monitor5 min readCrime & Violence
Wary Supreme Court Voices Skepticism About Abortion Pill Case
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard its biggest abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. And for the most part, the justices appeared skeptical that they should even be hearing the case at all. In one of the m
The Christian Science Monitor5 min readInternational Relations
Israelis Begin To Sour On Biden As US Ratchets Up Pressure Over Gaza
The joke making the rounds in Israel’s political circles goes something like this: Everybody knows Joe Biden’s top priority is the two-state solution – the two states being Michigan and Pennsylvania. The play on President Biden’s insistence that a pa

Related Books & Audiobooks