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Book Review of Adrift on the Nile

Adrift on the Nile
Adrift on the Nile
Author: Naguib Mahfouz
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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A group of middle class Egyptians meet every night to smoke Kif (pot) and socialize on a house boat. The characters struggle with coming to terms with this historically new social status. Watch as death in all it's forms shakes things up and pours them out. For me it was an interesting look into marijuana culture in another country. A nice Shakespearean twist as a play wright develops a play about the characters within the narrative.