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In exile from his native Sudan, former police inspector Makana lives on a rickety Nile houseboat in Cairo, scratching out a living as a private investigator. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him, he is thrust into a dangerous and glittering world.
The Crime Fiction series introduces the first case of the private investigator Makana to the Greek readers. British-Sudanese writer Parker Bilal, a prolific writer and translator, has written, among other things, the acclaimed Makana series set in the decade leading up to the 2011 Arab Spring.
In exile from his native Sudan, former police inspector Makana lives on a rickety Nile houseboat in Cairo, scratching out a living as a private investigator. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him, he is thrust into a dangerous and glittering world. Hanafi is the owner of a football team with many famous names, but the whose most valuable player has disappeared. His disappearance threatens to bring down not only the businessman’s private empire but also the entire country.
Makana encounters Muslim extremists, Russian gangsters, and a desperate mother hunting for her missing daughter, as his search stirs up painful memories, leading him back into the sights of an old and dangerous enemy.
“Brilliant … tremendously successful, satisfying … and at the same time a deeply moving story of suffering and exile.”
“A vivid, energetic work… while Makana’s personal history offers heartbreaking insights into loss and exile.”
“Bilal whisks the reader straight to the dark heart of Cairo.”
“The Golden Scales shows modern Cairo as a superbly exciting, edgy and dangerous setting for crime fiction. Parker Bilal has delivered an absorbing, complex lively novel to match. ”
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