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The Day the Leader Was Killed
The Day the Leader Was Killed | Naguib Mahfouz
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AN ANCHOR PAPERBACK ORIGINAL From the Nobel Prize laureate and author of the acclaimed Cairo Trilogy, a beguiling and artfully compact novel set in Sadat's Egypt. "[Mahfouz] is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, Zola (…more)
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Heidsalot
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The beauty of Mahfouz's writing is through his slice-of-life way of capturing the socio-political climate of the times that he wrote about. He was such a wonderful storyteller!

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Heidsalot
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Mahfouz is one of my favorite authors and this one has been on the shelf for awhile. And, while I'm a little late to the game, wanted to read something of his that is new to me to mark the 10 year anniversary of his death.

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Nitabasu
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"Let time take care of everything."

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