Abdelilah Hamdouchi

Hamdouchi, Abdelilah

The Final Bet, Abdelilah Hamdouchi

REVIEW ADDED: Fri, 19/12/2008 - 1:40pm by Karen

Remarked upon often as the first Arabic detective story translated, THE FINAL BET is a very slim volume that has a strong central message.  The book really isn't particularly about Casablanca the place, or even the people.  It's very much targeted straight at the way that the Moroccan legal...Read more

Author: 
Abdelilah Hamdouchi
Crime Fiction

The Final Bet

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 05/11/2008 - 1:29pm by Karen

Casablanca. Othman, a handsome young Moroccan man, returns home to discover his elderly French wife, Sofia, brutally murdered in their bedroom. Highly educated but chronically unemployed, Othman had been in desperate straits before meeting Sofia, who pampered him with fancy cars, expensive...Read more