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Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz is a Noble Prize winner, most famous for his The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street. Respected Sir is his wonderful character study of a man who puts ambition ahead of people or personal interests. Othman Bayyumi, a poor man with no family members living, starts working as a grade eight bureaucrat in the mail room. He had the lofty goal of someday becoming the Director General. He climbs up the grade levels of bureaucracy with almost relig
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