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Title: The Mamur Zapt & the Return of the Carpet by Michael Pearce ISBN: 1-890208-77-9 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Egypt as You Never Imagined It
Comment: Michael Pearce's Mamur Zapt mysteries are funny, beautifully written sketches of life in Egypt in the early years of the 20th century. The books have all the panache and originality of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Why they haven't made it onto the big screen, or been turned into a Mystery! series on public television I can't imagine.
The central character is Gareth Owen, a young Welshman who is the Mamur Zapt -- the title given the (British) head of Cairo's secret police. The central theme is the tension between the British who governed Egypt at the time and the Egyptian people in whose name they governed.
"The Return of the Carpet" is the first in the series. Frequent appearances are made throughout the series by the Mamur Zapt's Egyptian counterpart in the office of the city prosecutor, by Owen's bosses, by members of Eqypt's dissolute royal family, by Owen's aristocratic and fiercely independent Egyptian paramour and by assorted members of Cairo's working class.
The stories are racy, wittily understated and steeped in the attitudes and rhythms of daily life in the Cairo of 100 years ago. Pearce's voice and his ear for dialogue are spot-on. The humor emerges naturally in his exploration of the complex relations between the English and native Eqyptians of all classes.
This is popular literature of the highest order. The books are, if possible, even more entertaining if you listen to the audio recordings produced, I believe, by Recorded Books.
Rating: 4
Summary: A tale of suspense and color in 1908 Egypt
Comment: The place is early-twentieth century Egypt, nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, in fact ruled by the British. Among the plots and nationalist tensions, young Captain Owen, formerly of the British Army in Egypt, is appointed the Mamur Zapt: a formerly Turkish post in charge of the political police.
A case of granades goes astray from an Army storage. The biggest fear--that the weapons will be used by terrorists for assasinations--seems accurate. Owen, inexperienced but intelligent, is hampered by many foreign and local fingers in the heady Egyptian pie in the investigation.
This pleasant tale of suspense, local color, politics, and adventure is told with touches of humor and restraint of the old English tradition.
--inotherworlds.com
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is no longer out of print
Comment: Post Mortem Books has reissued this title in a limited edition of 250 signed numbered copies priced at 25.00 (pounds sterling). If you need to fill that gap in your collection, contact me at the email address given.
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Title: The Night of the Dog: A Mamur Zapt Mystery by Michael Pearce, Michael Pearce ISBN: 1590580257 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Camel of Destruction: A Mamur Zapt Mystery by Michael Pearce ISBN: 1590580419 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Spoils of Egypt (Mamur Zapt Mysteries) by Michael Pearce ISBN: 1590580583 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Snake Catcher's Daughter: A Mamur Zapt Mystery by Michael Pearce ISBN: 1590580516 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Girl in the Nile: A Mamur Zapt Mystery by Michael Pearce ISBN: 1590580532 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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