Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story.
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.
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Hardback Editions
September 1989 : Hardback
| Title: THIEF AND THE DOGS, THE Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz ISBN: 0-385-26461-5 / 978-0-385-26461-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Thief and the Dogs Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz ISBN: 0-385-26462-3 / 978-0-385-26462-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Anchor Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
1993 : Paperback
| Title: The Thief and the Dogs Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Amer. Univ. in Cairo Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
October 1989 : Paperback
| Title: The Thief and the Dogs Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz, Najeib Mahfeuz ISBN: 0-385-26933-1 / 978-0-385-26933-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1970 : Paperback
| Title: Thief and the Dogs: Al Liss Wal Kilab (Arabic) Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz ISBN: 0-86685-158-5 / 978-0-86685-158-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Intl Book Centre Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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