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Proud Beggars

by Albert Cossery

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1955
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160
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'Proud Beggars' a vicious and senseless murder takes place early in a Cairo brothel. The contradictory richness present in even the most financially destitute lives, however, is where the true enigma lies. Gohar, a former professor who became a whorehouse accountant, hashish enthusiast, and street philosopher, is the most prominent beggar in Cossery.

Nour El Dine, a police detective, finds them charming and amusing, leading him to suspect them of the crime. This little book is regarded as one of Cossery's finest blends of police procedural sly social critique and playful delight.

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Albert Cossery

Cairo gave Albert Cossery his subject and Paris gave him his address. Born in the Egyptian capital in 1913 to a Greek Orthodox family of Syrian origin, he left for France at seventeen after reading Balzac, settled there for good in 1945, and spent the next sixty-three years in one room at the Hôtel La Louisiane in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

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First published
1955
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
160
Language
English
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