The Monk of MokhaBy: Dave Eggers NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping, triumphant adventure (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of The Circlethe incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sanaa by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemens