The Colors of Infamy
- ISBN-10
- 0811217957
- ISBN-13
- 9780811217958
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 97
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-23
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing
- Author
- Albert Cossery
Description
Ossama, an elegant gentleman pickpocket in Cairo, decides to act after lifting the wallet of a wealthy real-estate developer who was responsible for the death of 50 people when one of his buildings, constructed cheaply and of sub-par materials, collapsed. Original.
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