The City Always Wins

A debut novel that captures the experience of the Egyptian revolution like no news report couldThe City Always Wins is a remarkable novel from the psychological heart of a revolution. From the communal highs of pitched night battles against the police in Cairo to the solitary lows of defeated exile [...]
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A debut novel that captures the experience of the Egyptian revolution like no news report couldThe City Always Wins is a remarkable novel from the psychological heart of a revolution. From the communal highs of pitched night battles against the police in Cairo to the solitary lows of defeated exile in New York, Omar Robert Hamilton s debut is a unique immersion in one of the key chapters of the twenty-first century. Arrestingly visual, intensely lyrical, uncompromisingly political, The City Always Wins is a novel not just about Egypt s revolution but about a global generation that tried to change the world."