Review
A novel deserving of applause (Sonallah Ibrahim )
In a region where there are not many novels in the thriller genre, Ahmed Mourad's racy and dark portrayal of pre-revolution Egypt comes as a welcome addition. (Gulf News )
Ahmed Mourad is a distinctive, indeed a unique voice, and... Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation and Robin Moger, its stylish translator, have done us a considerable favor in making that voice available to Western audiences... Vertigo is possessed by a powerful vision of Mubarak's Egypt as a cesspit of graft, greed, and ruthless hypocrisy. (World Literature Today )
It is a beautiful and interesting novel (Osama Ghareeb Al Masry Al Youm )
(Mourad) has got involved and done something big. (The Daily Star, Lebanon )
What Vertigo captures that is so essentially 2011 is the desire to rock our corrupt, and degraded world by - somehow - speaking the truth... Like the spirit of this year, this is truly brave (M. Lynx Qualey, Al Masry al Youm, Egypt )
In a region where there are not many novels in the thriller genre, Ahmed Mourad's racy and dark portrayal of pre-revolution Egypt comes as a welcome addition. (Gulf News )
Ahmed Mourad is a distinctive, indeed a unique voice, and... Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation and Robin Moger, its stylish translator, have done us a considerable favor in making that voice available to Western audiences... Vertigo is possessed by a powerful vision of Mubarak's Egypt as a cesspit of graft, greed, and ruthless hypocrisy. (World Literature Today )
It is a beautiful and interesting novel (Osama Ghareeb Al Masry Al Youm )
(Mourad) has got involved and done something big. (The Daily Star, Lebanon )
What Vertigo captures that is so essentially 2011 is the desire to rock our corrupt, and degraded world by - somehow - speaking the truth... Like the spirit of this year, this is truly brave (M. Lynx Qualey, Al Masry al Youm, Egypt )
Book Description
Caught in a ruthless, political game where the penalty for losing is your life, what would you do?
