Palace of Desire

Palace of DesireBy: Naguib Mahfouz Series: The Cairo Trilogy Palace of Desire is the second novel in Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouzs magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al Sayyid Ahmad Abd al Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self indulgence. In Palace of Desire,

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