Description When the body of a young woman is discovered in the Lane of Many Heads, an alley in modern-day Mecca, no one will claim it, as they are ashamed of her nakedness.
As Detective Nasser pursues his investigation of the case, seemingly all of Mecca chimes in--including the Lane of Many Heads itself--in this surreal, meditative take on a murder mystery ( The Guardian , Best Books of Summer).
Nasser initially suspects that the dead woman is Aisha, on.