Mahfouz's last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in paperback for the first time On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby caf , Qushtumur, their favorite gathering spot forever.
One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his t.
American University In Cairo Press The coffeehouse, paperback/naguib mahfouz
