The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties Volume 2: 196668 ' Coptology' the town—and the world—transforms

the town—and the world—transforms

The old Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded

so rarely given their own voice: ordinary men and women who include a doctor

has hit a dead end

from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties Volume 2: 196668 ' Coptology' the town—and the world—transformsMay Hawass In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public. The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties, in two volumes, is the first publication of its kind of the journals, casting fascinating light on a likable and highly