Beer in the Snooker Club (Serpents Tail Classics)

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Yearning for Bass, they long to be far from a revolution that neither serves the people nor allows their rich aunts to live the life of leisure they are accustomed to. Stranded between two cultures, Ram and Font must choose between dangerous political opposition and reluctant acquiescence.

According to author Diana Athill , Beer in the Snooker Club is "a classic of the literature of emigration. Ahdaf Soueif wrote that "Beer in the Snooker Club is one of the best novels about Egypt ever written. In the protagonist, Ram, a passionate nationalist who is nonetheless an anglophile, Waguih Ghali creates a hero who is tragic, funny and sympathetic.

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Through him we are presented with an authentic and acutely observed account of Egyptian society at a time of great upheaval. It is marvellously cheering that this novel is available again after twenty years. Gabriel Josipovici wrote "This is a wonderful book.

Quiet, understated, seemingly without any artistic or formal pretensions. Yet quite devastating in its human and political insights But exactly what it means to be an Egyptian and what that entails is one of the main themes of this book. Ghali's light touch hides a thorough understanding on the human condition and touches on issues of national identity, politics and culture.

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Egypt has always been a melting pot of culture, religion and outlook and Ghali brilliantly portrays this without explaining it. In short, he shows rather than tells. It's also one of those books that takes a while for the reader to get his or her bearings. It sort of jumps in and, for me at least, it didn't start to come together until the second part.

In part this is due to the absence of plot in the true sense of the word. It's about Ram trying to find his place in the world as a young Egyptian of privileged background. Part of this is his search for a partner, balancing love against pressures from his aunts to arrange a match for him. There's a touch of the rogue and waster in Ram but he's a delightfully funny and sympathetic character.

Then again, he loves books, so he must be OK, right?

Beer in the Snooker Club (Serpent's Tail Classics)

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