The Republic of False Truths by Alaa al-Aswany review – the personal cost of a failed coup
The Republic of False Truths by Alaa al-Aswany review – the personal cost of a failed coup Stephanie Merritt Early on in Alaa al-Aswany’s new novel, The Republic of False Truths, a conversation takes place between an older and a younger man that proves bleakly prophetic for what is to follow. Essam Shaalan, once a student protest leader in the 1970s, is now the manager of a foreign-owned Cairo factory; Mazen Saqqa, a young engineer, is the son of Shaalan’s former comrade and a union representative for the striking workers. “You want to know the truth?” Shaalan tells...
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