“You are my country, Desdemona. My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.” —Harry Braxton

OK DESPITE THIS BEING LIKE A DECENT BOOK . . . NGL THAT QUOTE MADE ME SCREAM!! if u know me u know my malina brain rot and u KNOW mal’s ‘you’re my flag. you’re my nation’ lines bc this was IT. anyway this was different i was terrified about it being set in victorian egypt but it’s a vibe. genuinely SO sure the author got the language wrong but like it’s fine ig