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Of Rats and Diplomats

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  • In Ahmed Ali

    Like Ocean of Night, Of Rats and Diplomats (1984) was written decades before its publication. It is a satiric novel about a diplomat whose ratlike tail is the physical manifestation of his moral dissolution. Ali’s other notable works include Purple Gold Mountain (1960), a volume of verse, and The…

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