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The End of Sleep
Overview
In this exuberant, transformative tale of modern-day Cairo, a drunken Irish journalist named Fin seeks a story. His friend Farouk, mercurial teller of tales, has tantalized him with news of the wily Skinhead Said, who may or may not have discovered a cache of priceless antiquities. But the truth remains elusive--not until they both travel to proverbial hell and back, courtesy of a thuggish kebab-shop tycoon and his brutal retinue. Once Fin finds a way to save his friend's life, and baba ghanoush is properly made, and other necessities of life are observed, then stories may be spun and secrets reluctantly revealed.
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- ISBN-13: 9780393346091
- ISBN-10: 0393346099
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: June 2008
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.72 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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