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Caid
is on page 67 of 336
So cheeky! Almameddine’s prose is both irreverent and endearing. Also, his jacket photo displays the following stack of books: Valley of the Dolls, The Annotated Very Hungry Caterpillar, Wasow: The Art of the Author Photo, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Pet Goat, and The Happy Hooker.
— Nov 29, 2025 09:41AM
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Caid
is on page 190 of 336
Okay, maybe it’s just the transition between Chapter II and the first third of Chapter IV that is the problem. Once Raja begins his time in the bunker, the magic of the novel returns, if not the self-conscious narration.
— Nov 30, 2025 09:37AM
Caid
is on page 149 of 336
Chapters III and IV—particularly IV, “1975: The Civil War”—read like drafts, especially in comparison to the finely wrought first chapters. Alameddine abandons the wandering but wonderful self-conscious narration of the first third of the book to hurry through Raja’s necessary but dull backstory.
— Nov 30, 2025 06:38AM
