In Cairo during the 1980s, a young doctor lives the life everyone expects of him. He will follow his father's profession, inherit his clinic and clientele, and do what is expected. Tarek has no time for thoughts and questions. However, a chance encounter will shake his marriage, his career, even his certainties, and will force him to leave.
From the Levantine community of Egypt to the harsh winters of Montreal, from Nasser's rule to the dawn of a new century, Tarek leaves, wanders, and reminisces. Yet he realizes that thousands of miles away, someone is gathering the chapters of his story and trying to reconstruct, piece by piece, the course of his life.
A story of absence and possible reconciliation, "All I Know About You" sketches a tender portrait of a family and a society undergoing dramatic transformation. Eric Chacour's debut novel reveals an author with refined language, sensitivity, and a deep understanding of human nature.