In the Kingdom of Men

"Barnes animates a magnetizing cast of cosmopolitan characters ... A veritable Mad Men of the desert, with the depth of a Graham Greene novel." Booklist "A close inspection of how radically a life can be rescaled, and how quickly. With a protagonist like this, Barnes could have set her novel in a single room, and we'd keep reading." Boston Globe "Drawn with skill and filled with evocative period detail ... [Gin] plumbs the depths of her new world with heart and courage." Seattle Times "A real page-turner that's also beautifully written and researched." Saga "With courage and zest, Kim Barnes's novel takes an intimate look at ... the rarified and harshly beautiful world of eastern Saudi Arabia ... Within these lyrical pages is a story well worth investigating." San Francisco Chronicle