Beer in the Snooker Club

ISBN-13: 9781846687563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Waguih Ghali

Opis

Whilst in London, Ram and Font drank many a pint of Bass. But there is no Bass in Nasser's Egypt, so the duo make do with beer, vodka and whisky. Yearning for their drink of choice - and to be far away from a revolution that serves no-one - Ram and Font must choose between dangerous political opposition and reluctant acquiescence.

Recenzje

Beer in the Snooker Club fearlessly unmasks anti-imperialists as well as imperialists; it shows how their failures tragically compromised the political struggles and emotional lives of several generations. Pankaj Mishra Guardian

O autorze

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.