William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple’s notebook: How I lured Jhumpa Lahiri and Jonathan Franzen to Jaipur

Plus: Af-Pak rap, Caravaggio vs Goodfellas, Egyptian threesome fantasies, CIA agents can't smell the roses

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