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What follows is a whirlwind of survival, misfits, late-night monologues, and the thin line between truth and fiction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1852\"><strong data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1501\"><em data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1499\">The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Sharawi the Adulterer<\/em><\/strong> is a sharp, hilarious, and deeply moving <strong data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1570\">translated Arabic novel<\/strong> that lays bare the intimate lives of Cairo\u2019s underclass in the 1990s. 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