Reed Jackson

Myth and propaganda: Stacy Schiff’s ‘Cleopatra: A Life’
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Myth and propaganda: Stacy Schiff’s ‘Cleopatra: A Life’

Cleopatra styled herself an immortal, and she’s certainly had the longevity to prove it. Her afterlife has been fluid--shaped, disassembled…
Book review: Albert Cossery’s ‘The Jokers’
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Book review: Albert Cossery’s ‘The Jokers’

Set in a nameless Egyptian city in the early 1960s, “The Jokers” (NYRB 2010) is a ruthless send-up of power, corruption…
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