The Day the Leader was Killed death, and the irrationality of human emotion. The Day the Leader was Killed The Day the Leader was Killed (orig. Arabic يوم مقتل الزعيم) is a novel written and published by Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz in 1983. The novel follows multiple narratives written in the stream of consciousness format. The novel is set during the early 1980s whilst Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was introducing the infitah or "open door" free-market economic policies which led to widespread unrest. The plot revolves around a young Egyptian man who is in love with a co-worker, but her father will not permit their
She Who Was No More She Who Was No More She Who Was No More () is a 1951 French novel by the writing team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (Boileau-Narcejac). The duo's first book, it is a thriller about a man who, along with his mistress, murders his wife. The first French edition was published in 1952 by Éditions Denoël. It was originally published in English in 1954 under the title The Woman Who Was No More by Rinehart. The English version by Pushkin Press, under the title "She Who Was No More", was translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Fernand Ravinel is a traveling