Note on Transliteration and Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Dramaturgies of Conspiracy: Bakathir, Idris, and the July Regime;
2. Naguib Surur: The Poetics and Politics of Niy?ka; 3. Sonallah Ibrahim’s al-Lajna: Between Critical Theory and Conspiracy Theory; 4. Gamal al-Ghitani’s ?ik?y?t al-Khab??a: The Fitna of Sexual Deviance; 5. Paranoia in the Second Degree: Three Recent Novels; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index