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Candygirl / M.M. Tawfik, translated by the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tawfik, M. M., author, translator.
- Series:
- Modern Arabic literature Candy girl
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic fiction--Translations into English--21st century.
- Arabic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Trying to evade intelligence agencies out to assassinate him, the Cerebellum, an Egyptian scientist with a past association with the Iraqi nuclear program, rents a room on the roof of a brothel in a Cairo slum. His interaction with the other residents is limited; instead he spends most of his time in the virtual world, where he has a love affair with candygirl, a gorgeous avatar. On the other side of the planet, an ex-NSA agent has joined a secret organization whose mission is to assassinate Iraqi scientists. He does not allow his doubts about the legality-or the ethics-of his mission to inter
- Contents:
- 9789774165597; 9789774165597
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781617973444
- 1617973440
- 9781617974649
- 1617974641
- OCLC:
- 1163549951
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