"The situation in Egypt before the 1952 revolution can hardly have been more effectively symbolized; and yet, in an echo of Henry James's dissatisfaction with such unreal mirrors of "reality," Mahfouz also chooses to leave the political dimension open and unresolved--a decision the prescience of which he cannot have fully realized at the time of writing. (...) Suffice it to say here that, even within the context of the trilogy, Al-Sukkariyyah shows a development in technique over the two volumes previous to it (...), most especially in its use of dialogue and modes of conveying introspection." -
It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher, with only ten bob in his pocket. Despite his dad's gloomy warnings that he'll pick up bad ways from the toffs down Sout...
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