Well-Bred Wolves

About this book

Through the narrator Karam and a sequence of comic and painful episodes, Kamel Badrakhan examines materialism, fractured relationships, neglect, and betrayal in contemporary society. Dogs become an ironic measure of loyalty as supposedly respectable people quarrel over inheritance, abandon friends, and forget their parents. Written in lively Egyptian vernacular, the novel combines sharp social criticism with humour and humane reflection.