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"The Yacoubian Building," by Alaa Al Aswany (HarperCollins, 272 pp.)
This portrait of Egyptian society set in 1990 has sometimes been called "Mahfouz updated." Like the Cairo trilogy, "The Yacoubian Building" offers a lively portrait of Egyptian life, this one centered on the collection of characters living in a faded Art Deco building in downtown Cairo. The strength of the storytelling in this book has propelled it onto bestseller lists around the world since its 2002 publication.
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