If you’ve ever casually said, “Oh yeah, I’ve read The Arabian Nights,” I regret to inform you that what you probably meant was: “I have a vague cultural awareness of three stories Disney got its hands on and absolutely nothing could have prepared me for the chaos of the actual text.” Because what even is this book? Let’s start with the premise, which feels less like a literary setup and more like the origin story of a man who desperately needed therapy and instead chose… homicide. A king, Shahryar, discovers his wife cheated on him and responds in the most reasonable way possible: by deciding