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Mamur Zapt & the Return of the Carpet
Contributor(s): Pearce, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 1464200645     ISBN-13: 9781464200649
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical
Dewey: FIC
Series: Mamur Zapt Mysteries (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.67 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - East Africa
- Cultural Region - North Africa
 
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Publisher Description:

The Mamur Zapt, head of Cairo's CID in the heyday of (the indirect) British rule, focused on political, not police, matters. With the bustling new century, the loosening of imperial ties, and the rise of nationalism, his was a busy office. The attempted assassination of a veteran politician raises the spectre of a major terrorist statement at the capital's principal religious festival where the faithful celebrate the Return of the Holy Carpet from Mecca.

Easily navigating multiple nationalities, three principal languages, and four competing legal systems, not to mention the intricacies of shadow and actual governments, Captain Owen, the Welsh incumbent, bolsters the Mamur Zapt's office with the aid of a host of memorable characters.


Contributor Bio(s): Pearce, Michael: -

Michael Pearce grew up in the (then) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan among the political and other tensions he draws on for his books. He returned there later to teach and retains a human rights interest in the area. His career has followed the standard academic rake's progress from teaching to writing to administration. He finds international politics a pallid imitation of academic ones.