5 good books about Egypt

3. The Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz

"The Cairo Trilogy," by Naguib Mahfouz (Knopf Doubleday, 1,360 pp.)

It's hard to overstate the rich pleasures found in this trilogy consisting of three separate books – "Palace Walk," "Palace of Desire," and "Sugar Street" – by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. Tracing three generations of a Muslim family living in Cairo during Britain’s occupation of Egypt in the early 20th century, Mahfouz offers both a masterly epic tale and an insightful portrait of his country.

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