King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)
When the main action of a novel is set somewhere with a name that sounds identical to "cake," it's a pretty big tipoff that the location is going to be a pretty big symbol. An author doesn't just n...
King Abdullah
Lit crit pro tip: pay attention to the epigraph, guys. These little nuggets usually give you a huge amount of insight into the symbolic heft of the text at hand.A Hologram For the King's epigraph c...
Hard vs. Soft Goods = Real vs. Illusory
There's a real battle going on in this book, but this isn't the kind of battle that great HBO shows are made of. There's no bloodshed, rampaging hoards, or stampeding elephants. Nope: this is a war...