Immigrants make America great. The real person at the center of this story, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, the Bay Area-born son of Yemeni immigrants, exemplifies this perfectly. Dave Eggers-haters will be pleased to find that his authorial voice is completely subsumed by Mokhtar’s, and he tells a fascinating and thrilling story about one young man’s unbelievable journey to bring his homeland’s coffee heritage to the rest of the world. Plus, I learned a lot about coffee production and history!