Telegram: Sabra Zoo: Reviews

'Stunning defiant debut.'
Guardian

'Hiller's descriptions of the victims and traumatised survivors, through Ivan's eyes, are harrowing and heartfelt but never overwrought. In a few pages, he creates a truly terrifying vision of hell. The unforgettable stench he evokes, the images of dismembered children, and the corpse of a woman who has had her foetus cut out of her, will remain with me. His simple prose is all the more powerful when compared with the almost playful tone used to recount Ivan's rites of passage with Eli. It is a bold shift into the heart of darkness.'
Independent

'A gripping novel about the conflict between personal and political loyalties.'
Telegraph

'A moving debut … Hauntingly written, with a wonderful touch for human feelings … If Hiller can reproduce its beauty and strength he will be a name to conjure with.'
Daily Mail

'Vividly realised … This darkly humorous, often harrowing novel demonstrates that in the chaos of conflict there are no easy or obvious decisions.' ****
Metro

'I rate this as a very fine book which deserves as much exposure as it can get.'
A Common Reader

'A searing and accomplished novel that takes the reader back to the bloody events in Beirut in summer 1982 during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Hiller delineates his characters, even minor ones, with skill, and the dialogue is expertly pitched.'
Saudi Gazette

'A really excellent book, combining solid and insightful characterisation with a fully realised environment, and moments of powerful tension. Had it been written fifty years ago about World War Two, it might now be seen as a minor classic.'
The Fiction Desk

'An unsentimental and unforgettable thriller.'
Banipal

'Sometimes a good novel can tell you more about a country and its people than piles of newspapers. This feels like that sort of book.'
Scott Pack, Me and My Big Mouth