In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali
committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and
sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of
diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public.
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties,
in two volumes, is the first publication of its kind of the
journals, casting fascinating light on a likable and highly
enigmatic literary personality.Waguih Ghali (1930?-69), author of
the acclaimed novel Beer in the Snooker Club, was a libertine,
sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary writer, a
pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the last four
years of his life, Ghali's Diaries offer an exciting glimpse into
London's swinging sixties. Volume 2 covers the period from 1966 to
1968. Moving from West Germany to London and Israel, and back in
memory to Egypt and Paris, the entries boast of endless drinking,
countless love affairs, and of mingling with the dazzling
intellectuals of London, but the Diaries also critique the sinister
political circles of Jerusalem and Cairo, describe Ghali's
trepidation at being the first Egyptian allowed into Israel after
the 1967 War, and confess in detail the pain and difficulties of
writing and exile.Including an interview conducted by Deborah Starr
with Ghali's cousin, former director of UNICEF-Geneva, Samir Basta.
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