Surviving crises through humor in the award-winning book 'The True True Story of Raja the Gullible'

Host Indira Lakshmanan speaks with National Book Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine about his prize-winning novel "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)."

It's a darkly comic book about a mother and son living in Beirut through a series of calamities, including civil war, kidnapping, and economic collapse.

By Rabih Alameddine