The Angel of History

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Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, <i>The Angel of History</i> follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life, from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father and his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS. <b>A spectacular portrait of a man and an era in political and social upheaval by the author of "An Unnecessary Woman".</b>

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