The Automobile Club of Egypt
By: Alaa Al Aswany ; translation from the Arabic by Russell Harris
Contributors: Harris, Russell, translator
Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780307947314
Subjects: Social conditions; Politics and government; Poverty; Fiction
Work titles: Nādī al-sayyārāt
Description: The beating death of a once-respected Egyptian landowner-turned-servant in a luxury club subjects his widow and sons to poverty and turbulent politics that force the club's oppressed employees to make a life-risking choice.
Notes: "Originally published in Egypt as Nady Alsayarat by Dar El Shorouk, Cairo, in 2013"--Title page verso.

English translation originally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2015.