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When an ill-fated, young prostitute and her lover are killed in a gruesome double murder, seasoned investigator Detective Hanash is called in. The case draws him and his team into the poverty of Casablanca's slums, blighted by criminality, religious extremism, and despair.
Hanash's years on the job have made him intimately familiar with the city's seedy underbelly, but this time he harbors a personal connection to one of the victims, one he must conceal at all costs.
Price: $17.99
Pages: 248
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint: Hoopoe
Publication Date:
September 24, 2017
ISBN: 9781617978401
Format: eBook
BISACs:
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Cultural Heritage
"'Bled Dry' is a real page-turner... full of vivid scenes. The novel's sensational, broad brush strokes might imply that it is a frothy, gripping, guilty pleasure. But there are enough meaty social details to give it extra heft. The popularity of crime novels has reportedly been booming among Arab readers in recent years , and with novels like 'Bled Dry' it is easy to understand why."--Hurriyet Daily News
Born in Mekne s, Morocco, in 1958, Abdelilah Hamdouchi is one of the first writers of police fiction in Arabic and a prolific, award-winning screenwriter of police thrillers, including Whitefly and The Final Bet. He lives in Rabat, Morocco.
Benjamin Smith holds a PhD from Harvard University, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of Arabic at Swarthmore College, in the United States.