Pankaj Mishra's intro to Waguih Ghali's Beer in the Snooker Club lareviewofbooks.org/essay/beer-sno Still relevant to Egypt today
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Damn, another book I need to read. Mishra's going to feature prominently in the next series.
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Also recommend Tayib Saleh's Season of Migration to the North & Mishra's From the Ruins of Empire
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I've done a 5000+ word essay for students on the latter. It's going to become a 10 minute video ... sometime soon.
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Can't wait!
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I'm not sure what is going to do with my scripts, but I think you'll like 'em (most of 'em)
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