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Tales of Secret Egypt
Sax Rohmer
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Hassan setting about the task with a cheerful alacrity obviously artificial, I approached the native station master, with whom I was acquainted, and put to him a number of questions respecting his important functions—in which I was not even mildly interested. But to the Oriental mind a direct inquiry is an affront, almost an insult; and to have inquired bluntly the name of the deceased and the manner of his death would have been the best way to have learned nothing whatever about the matter. Therefore having discussed in detail the slothful incompetence of Arab ticket collectors and the lazy condition and innate viciousness of Egyptian porters as a class, I mentioned incidentally that I had observed a funeral leaving Rikka.
The station master (who was bursting to talk about this very matter, but who would have declined on principle to. . . Read More
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Sax Rohmer's Tales of Secret Egypt
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - June 17, 2013
My old friend Blaster Al Ackerman, the great writer, cartoonist, mail artist, & trickster philosopher, died on March 17th, 2013. That got me to scanning most of what I have by him in my archive in preparation
Twelve tales set in Egypt circa 1919. The first six involve the exploits of Neville Kernaby, a British citizen working for an import company whose business is perfectly legitimate and not at all smuggling artifacts out of Egypt. Kernaby's job causes him to be in some interesting situations with inte
Early effort by Sax Rohmer, One of my favorite authors. Short story collection set in Egypt during early British Colonialism. Not up to his later efforts.
read some time in 1991
Most of the stories are about the same two characters,Iman Abu-Tabah, and his friend, an unnamed, unscrupulous Englishman who works on commission for a shady company called Moses, Murphy &Co."purveyors of fake antiquities". Abu-Tabah is a very likable Muslim clergyman, kindly and tolerant, not at al