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The Jokers (New York Review Books Classics) by Cossery, Albert; Moschovakis, Anna; Buchan, James is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Jokers (New York Review Books Classics) about?
Who are the jokers? 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. The jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose. 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. The joke is on them all.
Who reads The Jokers (New York Review Books Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Cossery, Albert; Moschovakis, Anna; Buchan, James
- Publisher
- New York Review Books Classics
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781590174012
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
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