Karim Dimechkie

Lifted by the Great NothingKarim Dimechkie | Bloomsbury | $26 | 304 pp. Early in Lifted by the Great Nothing, Karim Dimechkie’s endearing first novel, Mr. Yang, a patient horticulturalist who lives next door, invites Rasheed Boulos and his son Max to a special ceremony. Mr. Yang has spent 14 years cultivating a rare Asian […]