By the author of the Yacoubian Building, but in a very different style. There is something akin to Mahfouz in this substantial novel - maybe the host of characters, maybe the small street that all the book grows out from, maybe the glimpse into different socia classes. A very good read. An interesting, critical chronicle of the lives of the characters, and through them, a social history, a social critique, a critique of colonialism and empire. Also a history of the period just before Nasser and the Egyptian revolution.
An excellent writer. Worth rereading.
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