Fouad Laroui
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"This linked story collection employs ... humor and ... pathos across a variety of literary styles to explore what it is like to live surrounded by the unfamiliar: to try to make it as an expatriate, to converse with those who know things by different names, to encounter prejudice, and more."--Back cover.
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This unique anthology of crime fiction features 15 original stories.
At first glance, Marrakech may seem like an odd setting for noir fiction. Contemporary Moroccans call it The Joyful City-a place where locals are happy to joke about gossip and quick to forget stories of crime. But in Marrakech Noir, some of Morocco's finest authors address old wrong that have been kept hidden behind the city's ancient gates, and spin contemporary tales of poverty,...