The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction (signed copy)

Pearce Michael

ISBN 10: 0002324873 / ISBN 13: 9780002324878

Published by Collins Crime, 1993

About this Item

First edition of this crime novel. 189pp. Fine copy in unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by Author to title page.

Seller Inventory # 025080

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction (signed copy)
• Publisher: Collins Crime
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002324873
• ISBN 13: 9780002324878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way.

Now it is the end of the boom, leaving banks beleaguered and borrowers in trouble whether the poorest land-working fellahin or the richest land-owning Pashas. Then a civil servant suspiciously dies at his desk. The whiff of corruption is in the air. Even Owen, supposed to be investigating the affair, appears to be living beyond his means. As he turns to such unlikely allies as the Grand Mufti, the local barber, and the Widow Shawquat, he penetrates to the heart of such sinister organizations as the Khedive's Agricultural Society (?). The rich are tricky, and money speaks louder than words, challenging Owen to use all his skills to stop the Camel of Destruction...

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.