You drive in the desert, he says. Abu Dhabi is not a real city. Not like London or Paris or Rome. Mohsin has not been to Paris or Rome, but he pronounces this with authority. Sami can see his brother Mohsin’s mouth: turned down at the corners, disdainful but humouring. Sami talks to Mohsin often ...
Some say she has, at the least, a little something to do with my situation. There’s the $20,000 for one thing. That I still see Luba occasionally for coffee says everything about her impressive ability to entertain. For two hours I am not depressed. “Got time for another, ...