The Jokers
Download or Read eBook The Jokers PDF written by Albert Cossery and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Albert Cossery |
| Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2010-07-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781590173251 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1590173252 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Jokers by : Albert Cossery
Book excerpt: 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.
