A01=Waguih Ghali
andre naffis-sahely
arab spring
Author_Waguih Ghali
cairo
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coptic
cosmopolitan
drinking novel
egypt
egyptian novel
emigre literarture
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imperialism
isolation fiction
middle eastern fiction
nasser
pankaj mishra
post-colonial fiction
quarantine reading
Product details
- ISBN 9781846687563
- Weight: 167g
- Dimensions: 126 x 194mm
- Publication Date: 02 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Behind the bar at Jameel's in Cairo hang two mugs engraved with the names of Ram and Font. During their years together in London, they drank many a pint of Bass from these mugs. But there is no Bass in Nasser's Egypt, so Ram and Font have to make do with a heady mixture of beer, vodka and whisky. Yearning for Bass they long to be far from a revolution that neither serves the people nor allows their rich aunts to live the life of leisure they are accustomed to. Stranded between two cultures, Ram and Font must choose between dangerous political opposition and reluctant acquiescence. First published in 1964, Beer in the Snooker Club is a classic of the literature of emigration.
Born and brought up in Cairo, Waguih Ghali spent much of his adult life in Europe. His stay in London and his suicide in 1969 were described by his friend Diana Athill in After a Funeral (Cape, 1986). Beer in the Snooker Club is his only novel.
