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A Splendid Conspiracy

Fiction

Albert Cossery
translated by Alyson Waters

Three friends in a small Egyptian city celebrate idleness, elegance, and joie de vivre.

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“A legend... His caustic satire burned like the desert sun, undermining all forms of authority. Cossery despised materialism and eschewed the rat race... The overt message [is] that paradise is not lost, but most of us are too busy to bask in the Edenic simplicity of the world.”

— Guardian

Cover design by Rodrigo Corral

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Albert Cossery

20th century Egyptian writer

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Publication Date: May 1, 2010

Paperback $ 14.95
CN 19.00
224 pages
ISBN 9780811217798

trim size: 5x8

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