Rajiv Joseph
American playwright and screenwriter best known for the Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; his plays include Guards at the Taj and Gruesome Playground Injuries. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, he earned an MFA from NYU and co-wrote the film Draft Day.
Books
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1. Guards At The Taj
In 1648, two imperial guards at a newly completed mausoleum in Agra joke and daydream through a night shift, only to be ordered into an act of devastating violence meant to preserve the emperor’s vision; their obedience shatters their bond and forces them to wrestle with beauty, duty, and the moral cost of power.
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