{"product_id":"9780385264624","title":"The Thief and the Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eNaguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naguib Mahfouz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":56786109726880,"sku":"9780385264624","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7e8f73ec-a5aa-497e-befd-3ea5146814f2.jpg?v=1772398136","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780385264624","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}