num_pages: 320
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, #3)
characters: David Mountolive, Percy Pursewarden, Leila Hosnani, Nessim Hosnani, Narouz Hosnani
genres: Classics, British Literature, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3182
places: Egypt, Alexandria
series: Alexandria Quartet
publisher: Penguin Books