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Product ID:	9789774168758
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	EG
Title:	In the Spider's Room
Authors:	Author: Muhammad Abdelnabi, Jonathan Wright
Page Count:	224
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation
Description:	Select Guide Rating A gripping tale of sexuality and persecution in contemporary Egypt A sensitive and courageous account of life as a gay man in Egypt and Winner of the 2019 Prix de la Littérature Arabe Hani was out for an evening stroll near Cairo’s Tahrir Square when a heavy hand landed on his shoulder. An informant had identified him, and he was thrown into the back of a police truck. There began a seven-month nightmare as he was swept up, along with fifty other men, in the infamous Queen Boat affair that targeted Egypt’s gay community. Finally free, but traumatized into speechlessness, Hani writes down the events of his life—his first sexual desires, his relationship with his mother, his marriage of convenience, and his passion for Abdel Aziz, the only man he ever truly loved. In the Spider’s Room is a bold tale of sexuality and persecution in contemporary Egypt.
Imprint Name:	Hoopoe
Publisher Name:	The American University in Cairo Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2018-07-30

Weight	256 g
Dimensions	202 × 124 × 20 mm