Otared

( Arabic - Utarid ( عطارد ) - 2014 )

novel by Mohammad Rabie

translated by Robin Moger

Published: Hoopoe - paperback - 2016
ISBN: 9774167848 / 9789774167843

Hoopoe - e-book - 2016
eISBN: 1617977519 / 9781617977510
ASIN: B01LYCG016


synopsis
2025: fourteen years after the failed revolution, Egypt is invaded once more. As traumatized Egyptians eke out a feral existence in Cairo's dusty downtown, former cop Ahmed Otared joins a group of fellow officers seeking Egypt's liberation through the barrel of a gun. As Cairo becomes a foul cauldron of drugs, sex, and senseless violence, Otared finally understands his country's fate. This unflinching and grisly novel envisages a grim future for Egypt, where death is the only certainty.
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