Scorpion Soup: A story in a story

In his introduction the author describes this book as 'a small hymn to the Thousand and One Nights'. I would prefer to describe it as a great anthem of the story teller's art. From the beautiful cover to the final word this book is a delight. Like the nested Russian matryoshka dolls which so fascinated me as a child this is a series of tales within tales within tales...

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