Up Country was not one of my favorites, that would be reserved for The Lion's Game OorPlum Island.
Funny you mentioned By the Rivers of Babylon, as I'm re-reading it now. It's a good read. After this I'm going back to Talbot.
Me too! I find it depressing that a book written in the 70's demonstrates that absolutely nothing has changed in the 30+ years since it was written (even though is fiction, is based on current political climate of the time). Are the Muslims doomed to remain forever in the stone age????