Summoned home to Egypt after a long European debauch (disguised as study ), our hero Teymour in the opening line of A Splendid Conspiracy is feeling as unlucky as a flea on a bald man s head. Poor Teymour sits forlorn in a provincial cafe, a far cry from his beloved Paris. Two old friends, however, [...]

Who are the jokers? The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set. The jokers are also the re[...]

En intellektuell som vänt den rika och lärda världen ryggen, en poet som försörjer sig på att sälja hasch, en revolutionsromantiker som vill rädda en prostituerad och en poliskommissarie som har en hemlig böjelse: "Stolta Tiggare" utspelar sig i Kairos slum på fyrtiotalet, en tid då ett "[...]