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War in the Land of Egypt
Published by Interlink Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Egypt on the eve of the 1973 October war. A young man has been drafted into the army. His father, the village elder, persuades a poor night-watchman to send his own son as a stand-in. But the impersonation plan goes horribly wrong, with tragicomic results. Qa'id's tale of the fiasco — steeped in irony and black humor — parodies outrageous corruption and ludicrous bureaucracy. A skillfully crafted mosaic of life in modern Egypt.
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- Publisher: Interlink Books (November 1, 1997)
- Length: 192 pages
- ISBN13: 9781566562270
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