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'His best so far' (Daily Mail )
'Barber is a master' (Mail on Sunday )
'A story as majestic and fertile as its setting' (Publishers Weekly )
'Barber is a master' (Mail on Sunday )
'A story as majestic and fertile as its setting' (Publishers Weekly )
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'Barber is a master'
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just reread this book, after reading it many years ago. In the intervening time, I spent several months in Egypt, and moved to Morocco, where I have resided for nine years. I couldn't put the book down, and read through it in about three days. What most impressed me this time was the author's comprehensive knowledge of the Middle-Eastern mentality, and his intimate portrayal of King Farouk, Nasser, and Sadat--the author having not only lived in Cairo, but having met personally these three historical figures. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Egypt, or who plans to travel to Egypt. My only other comment is that most Egyptian women would not be behaving as does the main female character in this novel, but they would think as she does.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For anyone who has visited Cairo. this brilliant story by the late Noel Barber evokes all the magic and mystery of that great city in the early part of the twentieth-century. It is a story that quite simply comes to life before your eyes. One of those books that will last as long as truly elegant stories continue to be read, and indeed a work that deserves more than the five stars allow. Perhaps Amazon should introduce a new grading system!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book a few times in the space of a few years...and each time I couldn't put it down. Noel Barber has a talent of combining events and facts with a passionate love story...He paints a fascinating picture of two different societes in a time of violent change . Its an exotic love story set in Egypt from 1919 through to World War II... You have to read it...
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I was recommended this book by a journalist friend who has read it four times, and who owns a shelf-full of Noel Barber's books. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2007 by Mike White
What a lovely book. Unputdownable
A Woman of Cairo deserves more than five crowns. It took me only two days to finsih this book when I first read it when it was published in the mid-eighties and I've just... Read more
Published on 18 Oct 1999
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