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Title: The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet
Publisher: Collins Crime Club
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 000232167X
ISBN 13: 9780002321679
Binding: hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Weight: 13 ounces

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London:: Collins Crime Club,, (1988). Near fine in fine dust jacket (toning to pages).. First printing. The author's first Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 214 pp.

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.

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