num_pages: 222
description: This reissue of the late Waguih Ghali's only novel makes us mourn his loss all the more keenly. A plainspoken writer of consummate wryness, grace, and humor, the Egyptian author chronicles the lives of a polyglot Cairene upper crust, shortly after the fall of King Farouk, who are thoroughly unprepared to change their neo-feudal ways. "This is the best book to date about post-Farouk Egypt."—Sylvie Drake, Los Angeles Times
language: English
title: Beer in the Snooker Club
titlecomplete: Beer in the Snooker Club (Twentieth Century Lives)
genres: Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Egypt, Egyptian Literature, Novels, School, Africa, Classics
ratings_count: 3490
publisher: UNKNO