"I Killed Her Because I Loved Her"
Muhsin al-Ramli, translated by Jonathan Wright
"We found Qamar’s body in the courtyard."
"We found Qamar’s body in the courtyard."
"I definitely needed a new battery."
"I was nearly asleep when I heard a noise that sounded like a doorbell. "
"One dry morning a few days later I drove up to San Diego and checked into a little hotel I knew in Hillcrest that long ago used to be charming."
"I said OK."
"They’d started burrowing the moment he’d come out of the coma, and the depressions they dug deepened every day."
"Beverly Sullivan drops her overnight bag at her feet and lets her eyes sweep around the room."
"Victor sang “We Are the Champions,” nearly screaming the words as he thumped his fist on the steering wheel in rhythm. "
"The policewoman takes me to One Police Plaza, where I wait in a small, stale room on the eighth floor."
"Here in Sandefjord we have everything."
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