Naguib Mahfouz – Adrift on the Nile – First English Edition 1993

This is the first English-language edition of Naguib Mahfouz’s 1966 novel, about a group of friends who meet regularly on a houseboat in Cairo.

It was adapted into a 1971 film called Chitchat on the Nile.

Published in 1993 by Doubleday. Hardback, in unread condition.  Original dust jacket. One previous owner’s neat inscription inside.