Mamur Zapt & the Donkey-Vous - Softcover

Pearce, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446401811 ISBN 13: 9780446401814

Publisher: Mysterious Press, 1993

Synopsis

Captain Cadwallader Owen, the Mamur Zapt or Head of the Political Police in 1908 Cairo, must investigate when two tourists are apparently kidnapped from the Shepheard's Hotel

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Pearce hits his stride with this third tale of Gereth Cadwallader Owen, the Mamur Zapt (...and the Return of the Carpet, ...and the Night of the Dog) of the Anglo-Egyptian political police. The problem- -how did French contractor Octave Moulin disappear from the crowded terrace at Shepheard's Hotel without anyone noticing (and who kidnapped him, and why)?--is more interesting than before, and the mystification better focused, without any loss to Pearce's deft background portraits: from the Colthorpe Hartleys--two useless witnesses, a devoted wife and an irrepressible daughter, covering for a blind-drunk father who shortly becomes a second kidnapping victim-- to those courteous terrorists, the Zawia Group (or is it the Wekil Group?) to the donkey-boys who must know more about these disappearances than they're saying. If you're not expecting a whodunit--as usual, there are no big surprises saved for the end--this is as charming a historical mystery as you'll find this summer. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0446401811
• ISBN 13: 9780446401814
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 265