This concise book examines the interaction between earlier and other writers,painters (and anthropologists) and Morocco, and then examines the effects of thisculture and its magical practices upon the person, psyche and writings of PaulBowles.Interwoven into this work is a memoir, the author's friendship with Bowles,his visits to Tangier, residence there, correspondence with the writer, thelessons which were encoded in almost all his interactions with Bowles.The fulcrum upon which this book rests is to ask a question, the influence ofthe magical practices of Morocco upon Bowles, a question which could not belegitimately asked of any other American writer.