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Under the Sheltering Sky

September 21, 2003October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Writer Paul Bowles spent most of his adult life in Tangier, Morocco. But when you search for his ghost there, what you find is the soul of the city. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. 
Republished in Best American Travel Writing 2004.

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Posted in Africa, Arts and Letters, The Washington Post Magazine, Travel

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