![]() Kip hallucinates, masturbates, and eventually breaks out of the basement to travel to desolate Greenland for a dramatic final confrontation. But racial, colonial, and class fissures doom the romance, and similarities between Kip and el-Adl force Kip to consider his own scarred psyche. Kip’s imaginative reveries take him to 1917 Egypt, where Forster (post- Howards End but pre- Passage to India) and tram conductor el-Adl fall intensely in love. His ex, Ben, and his friend, Concha, pound on the door to no avail. ![]() On a tight deadline to rework his manuscript, Kip barricades himself in a Brooklyn basement with crackers, bottled water, and a handgun. ![]() ![]() Forster’s Egyptian lover, Mohammed el-Adl, a writer must confront his own trauma and alienation. ![]()
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