The Pale Bridge

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The Pale Bridge

The commuter belt of Nairobi held its breath on a Tuesday in 2003, the rail strike turning the estate blocks into a stagnant delta of reeds and rusted cars, while Nikola Karamyan sat in the pawn-and-payday strip mall, watching the light slant through the dusty window onto a water-damaged first edition of The Art of War that he could not afford to buy. He was forty-five, a linguist with a thesis...

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