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978-1-84659-061-0
Memoir
August 2010
Paperback
13 x 20 cm
320 pages
£9.99

978-1-84659-050-4
Memoir
October 2008
Slipcase containing three paperback titles
13 x 20 cm
£40

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About the Author
Mohamed Choukri is one of North Africa's most controversial and widely read authors. At the age of twenty he decided to learn to read and write classical Arabic. He went on to become a teacher and writer, finally being awarded the chair of Arabic Literature at Ibn Batuta College in Tangier.

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Reviews

‘A rare clarity of vision.’
William Burroughs

‘A marvellous book.’
Christopher Isherwood

‘Gently humorous and discreet with a reticent sympathy implicit.’
Tennessee Williams

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The waitress brought the drinks.
Tennessee tasted the rum first, then poured himself a cup of tea. I decided he liked rum better than tea.

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