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A Splendid Conspiracy

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A Splendid Conspiracy

Three friends in a small Egyptian city celebrate idleness, elegance, and joie de vivre.
Summoned home to Egypt after a long European debauch (disguised as â€œstudyâ€), our hero Teymourâ€”in the opening line of A Splendid Conspiracyâ€”is feeling â€œas unlucky as a flea on a bald manâ€™s head.â€ Poor Teymour sits forlorn in a provincial cafÃ©, a far cry from his beloved Paris. Two old friends, however, rescue him. They applaud his phony diploma as perfect in â€œa world where everything is falseâ€ and they draw him into their hedonistic rounds as gentlemen of leisure. Life, they explain, â€œwhile essentially pointless is extremely interesting.â€Â The small city may seem tedious, but there are women to seduce, powerful men to tease, and also strange events: rich notables are disappearing.

Eyeing the machinations of our three pleasure seekers and nervous about the missing rich men, the authorities soon seeâ€”in complex schemes to bed young girlsâ€”signs of political conspiracies. The three young men, although mistaken for terrorists, enjoy freedom, wit, and romance. After all, though â€œnot every man is capable of appreciating what is around him,â€ the conspirators in pleasure certainly do.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811217798
ReleaseDate 2010-05-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811217798

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