Metro: A Story of Cairo

Henry Holt and Company, USA, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. 95 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Henry Holt and Company, USA, 2012. First Edition. This is the first USA edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing and superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Shihab runs afoul of a loan shark, all avenues of salvation in Mubarak's corrupt, oppressive Egypt are closed to him but one: robbing a bank. Things go wrong: In their blow against their crumbling society, Shihab and his friend Mustafa happen on evidence of vice that points to the upper reaches of the regime. On a wild chase through Cairo's metro system, Shihab and Mustafa turn to family and friends for refuge, which is offered only by Dina, a muckraking journalist who, for Shihab, will take the greatest of risks. In art as alive and immediate as Cairo itself, Magdy El Shafee has delivered an arresting and prescient portrait of a crumbling society and Egypt's coming eruption. A powerful story of comrades on the lam and an impossible love, "Metro" also sounds the cry for a better, freer future. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; ISBN/EAN: 9780805094886. Inventory No: 18110012.. 9780805094886