I The village elder had recommended the hotel. He called it the best hotel in...
The village elder had recommended the hotel. He called it the best hotel in Amni. Or perhaps he said it was the Best Hotel in Amni; either way he was wrong. It was neither. It was a few kilometres outside Amni village, in the closest town, on the one street. There were dozens of stray dogs about, an…
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