September selection Contemporary Book Club
The book follows the story of Nuri, a teenager living in exile with his family in Cairo in Egypt, after the sudden death of his mother, he also loses his father Kamal Pasha el-Alfi who disappears in mysterious circumstances in Switzerland, and it becomes obvious that he was abducted by the regime of their country. The young Nuri tries to come to terms with the disappearance of his father while he is living in London in Britain.
Characters[edit]
- Nuri el-Alfi - the young teenage narrator
- Kamal Pasha el-Alfi "Baba" "Father" - Nuri's father
- Ihsan "Mother" - Nuri's mother
- Mona - Nuri's Stepmother
- Taleb - Kamal Pasha's best friend
- Hydar - Kamal Pasha's best friend
- Naima - el-Alfi's young Egyptian maid
- Hass - Kamal Pasha's Swiss confidant; the family attorney
- Fadhil - Nuri's uncle
- Salwa - Nuri's aunt
- Souad - Nuri's aunt
- family’s devoted housekeeper Naima
- Beatrice Benameur- Kamal's girlfriend in Geneva. He was kidnapped with this woman and it's revealed that he had a long lasting relationship with this woman.
Magda Marina- the summer resort where father and son first see Mona near Alexandria
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