“Call me Raja. The Imbecile. Welcome to my stupid life.” In his new work, National Book Award finalist Rabih Alameddine conjures the caustic humor and poignant yearnings of a gay Lebanese man in his ...
Then: His favorite writer. Now: “So earnest, so didactic, so humorless.” His own new novel is “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother).” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by “I’m at ...