Otared
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9789774167843
Subjects: Fiction, suspense; Fiction, thrillers
Description: "A gritty dystopian tale that is the darkest of meditations on Egypt's future... 2025: fourteen years after the failed revolution, Egypt is invaded once more. As traumatized Egyptians eke out a feral existence in Cairo's dusty downtown, former cop Ahmed Otared joins a group of fellow officers seeking Egypt's liberation through the barrel of a gun. As Cairo becomes a foul cauldron of drugs, sex, and senseless violence, Otared finally understands his country's fate. In this unflinching and grisly novel, Mohammad Rabie envisages a grim future for Egypt, where death is the only certainty." --