The Yacoubian Building\"A bewitching political novel of contemporary Cairo that is also an engag novel about sex, a romantic novel about power and a comic yet sympathetic novel about the vagaries of the human heart. Even the least politically oriented reader will find it engrossing.\" New York Times Book Review These disparate lives careen toward an explosive conclusion in Alaa Al Aswany's remarkable international bestseller. Teeming with frank sexuality and heartfelt

agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband

But on the verge of the deal being consummated

bringing to life the hopes and fears of those on the homefront awaiting their loved ones to return

And when Elizabeth discovers that the club’s poorly maintained dam is about to burst and send 20 million tons of water careening down the mountain

providing employment and income for tens of millions more

satisfying sex

Torn between the taste of success that the letters bring her

This painting will bring Lizzie and Rose together and ignite an unexpected friendship

With the heart of a novelist and the eye of a critic

labyrinthine tale of love

He needs a skilled warrior like Blackhawk on his side

Plainspoken and disarmingly down-to-earth