A haberdasher and a doorkeeper are inadvertently killed rather than Ilish and the rich journalist (*) Rauf Ilwan, who the title character of this work feels has betrayed him.
The central character in this work is disappointed to discover that his former mentor now writes about women's fashion and loudspeakers and lives in villa number 18. That character in this novel is inspired by the admonition that a man "needs a gun and a book" and makes himself an officer's uniform using the tailoring skills he learned in jail. A haberdasher and a doorkeeper are inadvertently killed rather than Ilish and the rich journalist (*) Rauf Ilwan, who the title character of this work feels has betrayed him. The prostitute Nur, café owner Tarzan, and religious leader Sheikh al-Junaydi are sources of support for Said Mahran in, for 10 points, this novel by Naguib Mahfouz about a hunted bandit.
The central character in this work is disappointed to discover that his former mentor now writes about women's fashion and loudspeakers and lives in villa number 18.
The Thief and the Dogs or El-lis's wa el-kilab