The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany

The Yacoubian Building

Alaa Al Aswany

255 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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"Some live in squalor on its rooftop, others inhabit the faded glory of its apartments and offices - here a womanizing aristocrat, there the secretly gay editor of Le Caire newspaper. Religious fervour jostles with promiscuity; bridery and exploit...

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