Title: Palace Walk
Author: Naquib Mahfouz
Publication: The American University in Cairo Press
I bought this book in Egypt as Naquib Mahfouz is supposedly one of the best novelists of our time. Well, he did won the Nobel Prize. Does that count for anything? huahua. Anyway, I kinda like this book because the setting is very vivid, during Egypt's struggle from occupation by British. The story is nice too, about a family with different characters. kinda predictable but amusing and unsettling at the same time. However, if you're hoping to find some Islamic values, then this book doesn't offer any, there are even some unexpected scenes. This is part of The Cairo Trilogy though, anyone got the second or third book?
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