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Fin is an Irish journalist living in Cairo who has lost his moorings in life, along with his job. Within a day's time, he is beaten up a few times and resumes his friendship with Farouk, a resident in a historic tourist-trap village near the pyramids. Farouk, it seems, may have the secrets that Fin wants to hear in order to find new meaning in life. Fin will do anything, including being thrown into the polluted Nile, to hear the story of Skinhead Saïd.
Rowan Somerville has his finger on the pulse of Cairo, and its perpetual energy. His descriptions of the city are spot on. Even if his transliteration and usage of Arabic words is not perfect, it brings color to his portrayal of an expat's day in the city. This book is some crazy "halwasa," to add another colloquialism to the description.
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