Powerful story in recent New Yorker By Fire by Tahar Ben Jalloum that tells the of the tragic downfall of a young man in unnamed Muslim autocracy whose father died young and now unable to find any work using his univ degree and skills English and history must take over his father's tenuous work as a fruit vendor. This puts him in conflict w many forces in society including police seeking bribes other venders fiercely competitive finally the govt that puts the squeeze on him to inform on leftist college friends all leading to a tragic but all to likely end - w a v nice uplifting twist at end as fam takes a step to preserve his and their dignity. Story all the more powerful Bcz so simply told at least in the translation from French. All to familiar a tragedy in too many countries and now it's obvious the is is not immune to this autocracy either.
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