Beyond the Pyramids, Paperback Book, By: Kennedy, Douglas

Douglas Kennedy in the land of the pharaohs, or how a young, yet unknown writer landed in Alexandria more than twenty years ago, a few pounds sterling and five travel diaries in his pocket, determined to avoid the pyramids, the Nile cruise and others classics of travel to the East. From Alexandria to Aswan by hitchhiking, from the oasis of Siwa to the slums of Cairo, a fascinating dive behind the scenes, where our traveling apprentice writer will multiply the unusual encounters: fifteen meters from the sphinx, a salesman of Toyota whose heart swings between three wives, the Prophet Muhammad and his Mercedes collection; a disturbing felucca pilot heartbroken by a Frenchwoman; Bedouins hooked on CNN; computer monks in the heart of the desert ... So many hilarious confrontations, funny scenes for the wanderings of an American in Muslim land. Between story and memory, - an irresistible travel chronicle served by the sharp eye and pen of the reporter, for a future classic, in the tradition of Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin.