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Editorial Reviews
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It is 1912, and the first uneasy stirrings signaling the impending world war are beginning to surface. In Egypt British domination is being questioned more than ever before, the Nationalist Party is growing stronger by the day, and foreigners, especially in Cairo, are suddenly unwelcome. Against this backdrop, Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt (the British head of Cairo's secret police), must solve the murder of Italian Sidi Morelli, a longtime Cairo resident. The victim's Cairene friends are deeply distraught because, they claim, "Sidi was one of us." But, clearly, the murderer did not feel that way, and with Owen himself beginning to experience subtle but unmistakable pressure because of his own Britishness, it becomes even more important to find out who killed Morelli and why. Although darker and less humorous than earlier Mamur Zapt stories, Pearce's latest installment in this excellent and popular series is well worth reading, as much for the timely insights into Islamic and Egyptian cultural and political history as for the wonderfully eccentric characters, flawless storytelling, and charming denouement. Emily Melton
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The world is changing aroung the Mamur Zapt, British Chief of Cairo's Secret Police. It's 1912 and there's a war on that no one's heard of. When an Italian man is murdered in the city's back streets, there is concern that this could be some kind of ethnic cleansing. "One of us" Morelli may have been, but was he "one of us" enough? And were the guns in his warehouse anything to do with it? Gareth Owen—the Mamur Zapt—has to find out fast.
And then, as external pressures crowd in, there are other difficult questions. What is Trudi von Ramsberg really doing in Cairo? Not to mention that other noted traveller, Gertrude Bell, or the irritating little archaeologist, T. E. Lawrence? And why has the post of Khedive's Librarian suddenly become so important?
Owen is just the man to solve these problems. He is less successful, though, in his relationship with Zeinab, especially now that she's approaching thirty.
As Cromer's Egypt gives way to Kitchener's Egypt, Morelli is not the only one who has problems over where his allegiance lies. Maybe the solution is for Owen to go to Zanzibar...
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It is 1912, and the first uneasy stirrings signaling the impending world war are beginning to surface. In Egypt British domination is being questioned more than ever before, the Nationalist Party is growing stronger by the day, and foreigners, especially in Cairo, are suddenly unwelcome. Against this backdrop, Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt (the British head of Cairo's secret police), must solve the murder of Italian Sidi Morelli, a longtime Cairo resident. The victim's Cairene friends are deeply distraught because, they claim, "Sidi was one of us." But, clearly, the murderer did not feel that way, and with Owen himself beginning to experience subtle but unmistakable pressure because of his own Britishness, it becomes even more important to find out who killed Morelli and why. Although darker and less humorous than earlier Mamur Zapt stories, Pearce's latest installment in this excellent and popular series is well worth reading, as much for the timely insights into Islamic and Egyptian cultural and political history as for the wonderfully eccentric characters, flawless storytelling, and charming denouement. Emily Melton
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Product Description
The world is changing aroung the Mamur Zapt, British Chief of Cairo's Secret Police. It's 1912 and there's a war on that no one's heard of. When an Italian man is murdered in the city's back streets, there is concern that this could be some kind of ethnic cleansing. "One of us" Morelli may have been, but was he "one of us" enough? And were the guns in his warehouse anything to do with it? Gareth Owen—the Mamur Zapt—has to find out fast.
And then, as external pressures crowd in, there are other difficult questions. What is Trudi von Ramsberg really doing in Cairo? Not to mention that other noted traveller, Gertrude Bell, or the irritating little archaeologist, T. E. Lawrence? And why has the post of Khedive's Librarian suddenly become so important?
Owen is just the man to solve these problems. He is less successful, though, in his relationship with Zeinab, especially now that she's approaching thirty.
As Cromer's Egypt gives way to Kitchener's Egypt, Morelli is not the only one who has problems over where his allegiance lies. Maybe the solution is for Owen to go to Zanzibar...
See all Editorial Reviews
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