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mustafa_marwan's review against another edition
5.0
This is the first noir book I read by an Arabic author. If you are into commercial plot or character driven novels, then this work is not for you. But if you are into voice driven noir fiction with imagery, sentences to highlight and read more than once and echoes of human struggles with meaning, then you are in for a treat.
firstorderpixie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
pbobrit's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book, and it is one I think I'd go back and re-read some day as it clearly has many more layers than a single read reveals. In parts it felt like reading a William S. Burroughs book (he even name checks him at one point), but written now and set in modern day Cairo/Egypt. The book is 90% prose, 10% graphic novel. A tale of a city on the verge of collapse, and secret societies and the fun and exuberance of youth. Fun, a little trippy but a fast paced read.
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