Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison

by أحمد ناجي

Book Overview

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

In February 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for "violating public modesty," after an excerpt of his novel Using Life reportedly caused a reader to experience heart palpitations. Naji ultimately served ten months of that sentence, in a group cell block in Cairo's Tora Prison.

Rotten Evidence is a chronicle of those months...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952119839
• ISBN13: 9781952119835
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.0"