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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible

by Rabih Alameddine

2025 · literary fiction

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Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Beirut · Lebanon
    Raja and his mother's life
    ★ primary
  • Port of Beirut · Lebanon
    the 2020 port explosion

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