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In the Spider's Room
Mohammed Abdel Nabi
2016
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A mute narrator recalls a notorious Cairo trial of gay men.
Why this book matters
A novelist and translator who writes on taboo themes. In the Spider's Room is a bold novel of repressed sexuality, shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF, 2017).
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