My life as a human bug

This masterful writer gives a voice to society's despised outsider. Cockroach By Rawi Hage Penguin, 305pp, $32.95

Verminous view of the world

Rawi Hage's powerful novel examining the plight of society's human "vermin" shows us once again that his is a distinct, uncompromising voice, writes Kevin Rabalais.