{"product_id":"9780307947314","title":"The Automobile Club of Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn British-occupied Egypt, on the eve of the 1952 revolution, respected landowner Abd el-Aziz Gaafar has fallen on hard times. Bankrupt, he moves his family to Cairo and takes a menial job at the Automobile Club, a luxurious lodge for its European members, where Egyptians appear only as fearful servants. When Abd el-Aziz’s pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, he is subjected to a corporal punishment that ultimately kills him—leaving two of his sons obliged to work in the Club. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the nation teeters on the brink of change, both servants and masters are subsumed by social upheaval, and the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to risk everything and fight for their rights. Exuberant and powerfully moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Automobile Club of Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential work of social criticism from one of the Arab world’s greatest literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027426722032,"sku":"9780307947314","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307947314_p0.jpg?v=1763673458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307947314","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}