The Jokers |
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| Author:
| Cossery, Albert |
| Translator:
| Moschovakis, Anna |
| Introduction by:
| Buchan, James |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59017-325-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
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| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Who are the jokers?
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The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set.
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The jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose.
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And the...
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Who are the jokers?
nbsp;
The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set.
nbsp;
The jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose.
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And the jokers are Karim, Omar, Heykal, Urfy, and their friends, free spirits who see the other jokers for the jokers they are and have cooked up a sophisticated and, most important, foolproof plan to enliven public life with a dash of subversive humor.
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The joke is on them all.