His two other sons, Yasin and Kamal, also enjoy greater freedom.Īl-Sayyid Ahmad, though, has started to return to his former vices. She can even state an opinion without having to fear his wrath. His wife, Amina is now permitted to leave the house to visit family and her beloved al-Husayn mosque. He has even loosened the reigns on his previously tyrannical rule over his family. In those five years Al-Sayyid Ahmad, out of repentance, has turned his back on his previous life of drinking, partying and adultery, neglecting his friends. Note – since this novel is the second part of a trilogy, this review contains spoilers with regards to the first novel Palace Walk (see my review here).įive years have passed since the death of Fahmy, the eldest son of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, shot during a demonstration against the British occupation of Egypt. In it we follow 17-year-old Kamal as he deals with crises of faith and unrequited love in 1920’s Egypt. Palace of Desire is the second novel of Nobel Prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
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