* A bestseller in Egypt now available across the Arab world * A gripping and visionary novel by a bestselling Arab author 'A wonderful novel, a real addition to Arabic literature' Alaa Al Aswany '...a highly imaginative novel that has succeeded in injecting new blood into the current [Arabic] literary scene' The Daily News, Egypt
Ahmed Khaled Towfik was born in 1962 and is the Arab world's most prominent bestselling author of fantasy and horror genres. A medical professor at Egypt's Tanta University, he has written over two hundred books.
Far more convincing a depiction of a nightmarish future even than A Clockwork Orange, Utopia is a miniature masterpiece. I defy anyone not to read it in one sitting. -- Sholto Byrnes The Independent A wonderful novel, a real addition to Arabic literature Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Towfik paints a vivid picture of Egypt in 2023... a disturbing dystopic vision. The Guardian, UK A disturbing dystopic vision -- Eric Brown The Guardian, UK A highly imaginative novel that has succeeded in injecting new blood into the current [Arabic] literary scene. The Daily News, Egypt A chilling portrait of a scary new world without morals or scruples... Gulf News Thoroughly enjoyable... which seems - like Ahmed Mourad's Vertigo and Khaled Al-Khamissi's Taxi before it- to resonate loudly in the moments after the Arab Spring. The National Towfik's real strength is in his imaginative observations of the predicaments of the tattered social fabric of the future. Bidoun Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia was translated in 2010, by Chip Rossetti, and published by a forward-thinking BQFP. This year, the book is a finalist for the English-language Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Award. -- M. Lynx Qualey Arablit.com A politically charged fable about human cruelty, where a prince and a pauper exchange roles as predator and prey... the cat-and-mouse between them reads a bit like Patricia Highsmith's mysteries. As with Highsmith or even Philip K. Dick, an irresistible sense of unease propels the reader forward... The "story" of the Arab Spring as it's been told in the U.S. has largely been one of technology: Twitter and other social media enabling heretofore-impossible collaborations and coalitions. Utopia, where technology fades into the background and the hunting is done with a knife, highlights the revolution's human dimensions. Hopefully, Utopia represents the first of many translations of Towfik's novels. -- Scott Selisker Los Angeles Review of Books
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