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Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Portrait of a Marriage by Pearl S. Buck

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He liked the dishes set upon the table before his eyes instead of at his elbow upon a silver tray. His hunger quickened as he helped himself.

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