false 1173411 2 In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamor of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on the elegant terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, and later, in the cozy, dark bar of the Nile Hilton, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit. But with the fall of King Farouk and Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, Leon and his family lose everything. As streets are renamed, neighborhoods of their fellow Jews disbanded, and the city purged of all foreign influence, the Lagnados, too, must make their escape. With all of their belongings packed into twenty-six suitcases, their jewels and gold coins hidden in sealed tins of marmalade, Leon and his family depart for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxta-posed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado's memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph. 1161176 1 7 2007 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World total:334|5:79|4:145|3:91|2:15|1:4| 334 1282 598 101 3 2 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 08:08:41 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 08:57:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 20:06:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 05:45:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 17:39:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 17:46:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 02 19:23:02 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 19:28:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 21:18:28 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 22:56:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 20:51:17 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 21:16:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 13:22:46 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 06:24:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:31:53 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 19:08:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 19:35:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 19:41:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:04:17 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:07:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 16:16:10 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 04:29:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 02 07:14:45 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 08:00:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 02:49:42 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 05:08:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 10:42:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 10:48:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 24 15:14:42 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 15:31:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:23:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:27:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 28 15:59:03 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 16:15:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 19:56:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:56:43 -0800 2009 1 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:09:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:13:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 18:28:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 18:30:30 -0800 2009