pickA story of a cairo street during ww2 which doesn't shy away from the darker side of society with a cafe owner obsessed with yng boys, a man who makes a living by disabling men to become beggars, a dentist who finds his gold teeth from corpses, and a yng woman who drifts into prostitution. Despite dark themes the author tells a story with love of characters + a society you feel he knows intimately. I imagined myself sat in a cafe
observing it all.
Leftcoastzen I need to read him , I have 5 of his books in my house waiting to be read . 4y
andrew61 @Leftcoastzen yes ,having looked at his biography I will definitely try and find more by him. 4y
BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one too. 4y
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KCofKaysville @Leftcoastzen I have only read #PalaceWalk so far but liked it. I will also read more. 4y
KCofKaysville Oops looks like this was it 4y
KCofKaysville Wrong again. It's a different book 4y
MariaW @Leftcoastzen @andrew61 @BarbaraBB @KCofKaysville And when you are all done reading Mahfouz, you come visit me in Cairo and we will have a walk through Old Cairo streets and see his settings. 😁 4y
BarbaraBB That would be fantastic 🇪🇬 4y
Cathythoughts Great review 👍🏻 4y
Centique Oh I loved Palace Walk so I will be keen to try this. I found his writing style a little hard to get into at first but once I was in, it was amazing. 4y
andrew61 @MariaW I would love to be sat in a Cairo cafe with several bookish people discussing the settings of the books :) 4y
andrew61 @Centique yes the prose style took a while to get used to but I'm never sure if that is the translation or different countries method of writing. I will definitely give palace walk a go. 4y
MariaW @andrew61 Anytime! 4y