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Description

A riotous love letter to Arab culture—its sense of honor and friendship, its food and humor and, above all, storytelling. In this exuberant, transformative tale of modern-day Cairo, a drunken Irish journalist named Fin seeks a story. His friend Farouk, mercurial teller of tales, has... read more

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  1. Rowan Somerville (Author)

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  1. 2009
  2. fiction
  3. rowan somerville 
 

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