The Automobile Club of Egypt

Rezensionen / Stimmen

One of Egypt's most valuable writers * * Guardian * * A scathing, brilliantly executed novel * * New York Times * * A wonderful storyteller * * Spectator * * Among the best writers in the Middle East today . . . Al Aswany has his own magic * * Guardian * * A master observer of the human condition . . . unputdownable * * Literary Review * * Gripping . . . a page-turner * * Toronto Star * * Seductive . . . boasts rich and rewarding material * * Boston Globe * * Wonderful . . . almost impossible to put down . . . combines terrific storytelling with historical empathy * * Star Tribune * * [A] raucous, technicolor novel . . . its blazing heart is the seething discontent that led to the 1952 Revolution * * Booklist * * A sharp, humorous novel -- CAROLINE MOORHEAD * * Spectator * * There are many stories here. The book is elaborate to bursting point, but always controlled, always whole. It is as juicy and satisfying as a shiny apple, its taste both strange and familiar, compassionate and bitter * * The Times * * Fabulous, acutely observed story of human foibles, full of vivid scenes and extraordinary characters * * Mail on Sunday * * Addictively readable * * Independent * * Absorbing * * Observer * * Bewitching * * Scotsman * * Praise for Chicago:

Brilliant . . . Al Aswany is like an Egyptian Anne Tyler * * Sunday Times * * A powerful, political page-turner * * Daily Mail * * A masterpiece, the warmest and finest and most involving Egyptian novel in the last thirty years * * Open Letters Monthly * *