description: Mountolive is a novel of vertiginous disclosures, in which the betrayer and the betrayed share secret alliances and an adulterous marriage turns out to be a vehicle for the explosive passions of the modern Middle East.
language: English
title: Mountolive
titlecomplete: Mountolive (The Alexandria Quartet, Vol. 3)
characters: Leila Hosnani, Percy Pursewarden, David Mountolive, Narouz Hosnani, Nessim Hosnani
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Africa, Egypt, British Literature
ratings_count: 3183
places: Egypt, Alexandria
series: Alexandria Quartet
publisher: Books on Tape