Affair in Araby (Annotated)

Affair in Araby is a brisk imperial adventure set amid the volatile politics of the post–First World War Middle East, where secret diplomacy, tribal allegiance, and competing European interests converge. Centered on the resourceful intelligence figure James Schuyler Grim, the novel blends espionage, romance, and desert intrigue in Mundy's characteristic high-colored prose. Its literary context is ...