{"product_id":"the-final-bet-paperback","title":"The Final Bet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbdelilah Hamdouchi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Smolin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Abdelilah Hamdouchi seems to have found the formula for the emergence of the Moroccan detective novel.\"--\u003cem\u003eLiberation Kaleidoscope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen young and handsome Othman married Sofia--sophisticated, French, rich, and forty years his senior--he found his ticket out of a life of desperate poverty in the slums of Casablanca. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Sofia is brutally murdered, the police quickly zero in on Othman as the prime suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his mistress, the love of his life, waiting in the wings he certainly has motive. But is he guilty? Or has he been framed by an overzealous, corrupt police force? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Final Bet\u003c\/em\u003e is a great introduction to Moroccan policiers--at once very familiar to western crime fiction readers, but then very Moroccan too as family loyalties, filial debts and traditional prejudices all swirl around the case.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Meknès, Morocco in 1958, \u003cb\u003eAbdelilah Hamdouchi\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the first writers of police fiction in Arabic and a prolific, award-winning screenwriter of police thrillers, including \u003ci\u003eWhitefly \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2016). He lives in Rabat, Morocco.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eJonathan Smolin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMoroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), and translator of Abdelilah Hamdouchi's \u003ci\u003eWhitefly \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2016). He lives in Hanover, NH.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265056882937,"sku":"9789774167799","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hA9Ns_18gZ9789774167799.webp?v=1768838943","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-final-bet-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}