The Thief and the Dogs No. 4; Rouchdy Shif is just an ordinary

Shif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess

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his wealth and family prestige guarantee him an idle life spent in drinking

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and interpreting

The Thief and the Dogs No. 4; Rouchdy Shif is just an ordinaryNaguib Mahfouz A thriller in form, a political and ethical analysis in substance. A professional thief and would be killer, Said is an Egyptian Robin Hood whose thefts are motivated by powerful egalitarian principles, as well as by bitterness. His burning desire for revenge against those who betrayed him to the police carries him to the heights and depths of Cairo society during the early years of the 1952 Revolution.