The Thief and the Dogs - Naguib Mahfouz

After his imprisonment for four years, Saeed Mehran appears determined to seek revenge. He finds his world has changed a lot, as the situation shifted with the 1952 revolution. As for his personal life, his ex-wife Nabouya married his follower and right-hand man Alish, and they decided to deprive him of his daughter Sana. As for his revolutionary teacher and mentor Rauf Alwan, he joined the elite and turned against his ideas and slogans. Saeed seeks to achieve justice in his own way, ending up chasing driven by hatred to the point that he cannot recognize his last chance at love and salvation. The novel was published in 1961 and quickly moved to the cinema screen where the film The Thief and the Dogs was produced in 1962. To see all Naguib Mahfouz books, click here. Number of pages: 120. Year of publication: 2022. Publisher: Diwan for Publishing and Distribution.