The Tobacco Keeper
The publisher has done English readers a great service by translating this novel from the Arabic. So rich and wryly described is The Tobacco Keeper that on nearing the end I only wished for another 300 pages on which this enthralling tapestry could continue -- Sholto Byrnes The Independent on Sunday ...a complex, emotionally charged novel of masks and shifting identities Egypt Independent Bader is adept at showing how the past is interwoven with the present in contemporary Arab urban culture and society. His descriptions are powerful and authentic. The Jordan Times