Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

Praise for Michael Pearce:‘Elegantly and wittily narrated, with a good plot, colourful characters and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Egypt of Cromer’s time’ The Times‘Pearce is a natural novelist … a vanished world comes alive’ Sunday Times‘Impeccable historical detail and entertaining dialogue make enjoyable reading’ Sunday Telegraph