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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
Author: Lucette Lagnado
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on the elegant terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, and later, in the cozy, dark bar of the Nile Hilton, dressed in hi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060822125
ISBN-10: 0060822120
Publication Date: 7/1/2007
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Hardcover
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