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The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous: A Suspense Tale of Old Cairo
The Mamur Zapt and the DonkeyVous A Suspense Tale of Old Cairo Author:Michael Pearce "Tourists are quite safe provided they dont do anything stupidly reckless," so Captain Owen, the Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairos Political CID under British Rule, assures the press. But what of Monsieur Moulin, kidnapped from taking tea on the terrace at Shepheards Hotel? How has Mr. Colthorpe Hartley also disappeared. No one has ac... more »tually seen either victim vanish.... Are these ordinary crimes? Are they intended as deliberately symbolic blows at the British? Or are they just a means of discouraging tourism? Owen had better unravel it quickly, or else... And where better to start from than the donkey-vous beneath the terrace, home of Cairos humble but enterprising youths who hire out their donkeys for photographs and rides...Follow the Mamur Zapts career through The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet and The Night of the Dog, both republished by Poisoned Pen Press.« less