The Cairo Trilogy. Palace Walk; Palace of Destiny; and Sugar Street. 3 Volumes.

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New York: Doubleday (1990-1992). 8vo. Orig. half calf over boards. Dustjackets. Review sticker from Transworld Publishers on front free endpaper of volume 1. Associated newspapers articles loosely inserted. 1st U.S. editions. Some light pencil markings and underlining otherwise fine. NOTE: The epic Cairo Trilogy explores three generations of families in Cairo from World War I to the military coup of King Farouk in 1952. Naguib Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 the first Arabic writer to be honoured. He has also been called 'the Dickens of the Cairo Cafes' and 'the Balzac of Egypt'.