Who is Mohamed Ali Sarwat from Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch and what is their importance? Big_Sur_and_the_Oranges_of_Hieronymus_Bosch English & Literature Mohamed Ali Sarwat | Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

A young Egyptian who works under Henry Miller in New York's Cosmococcic Telegraph Company in 1924, Sarwat writes Miller about how America has dashed his hopes. He is no better able to support himself in capitalistic Washington, DC, than in materialistic New York and his patience runs out. Unable return to Egypt a failure and having unshakable faith in Miller, Sarwat begs to become Miller's valet.