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This week we discuss chapters 18-end of A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark, as well as the short story “A Dead Djinn in Cairo.”

Time Codes

00:48 Recap
06:28 Jeremy’s opinion
08:11 Fatma as a character
13:28 The “plot twist”
16:25 Half-Djinn reveal
22:15 Zagros, the model Djinn
26:13 Angels ain’t s***
32:12 The Nine Lords
37:50 Would we read a sequel?
40:05 A Dead Djinn in Cairo
45:19 Clock of Worlds
46:39 Short story vs novel
52:12 Fatma’s drip
56:08 Writing takeaways
59:15 Favorite characters
1:02:05 Conclusion

Next Read: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

Our next read will be The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, chapters 1-18. See you then!

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