Books for Cat Lovers

"After two and a half years of ISIS occupation, and months of fighting between the militants and government forces, the Mosul Zoo was one of the few outdoor attractions still standing in Iraq's second city, its inhabitants kept alive by Abu Laith, a square-set 50-something mechanic and passionate animal lover ... When liberation finally came, the city and the zoo were both on their last legs. It seemed as if all was lost, until a local former-government...