• ISBN13: 9780857425256
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books
• Publication Date: August 12, 2017
• Pages: 266
• Original Price: INR 499.0
• Language: N/A
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 300 grams
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About the Book Hardly a conventional family history, Green-Eyed Thieves tells the story of the fortunes of a family of crooks—the green-eyed thieves of the title. The matriarch of this unusual family is a university lecturer and an accomplished shoplifter and her husband is a master thief whose ingenious exploits include relieving the Aga Khan of his wardrobe of expensive suits—since they both happened to be the same size. An uncle, universally known as Ten-Per-Cent Farouk, lives with the family in Fords burg, a suburb of Johannesburg and Firoze, the narrator of this wickedly humorous novel from South African writer Imraan Coovadia, is a dreamer and a bookworm, who is radically different from, but inextricably bound to, his identical twin, Ashraf. Green-Eyed Thieves follows this clan of skilled criminals and the twins as they embark on a series of mind-boggling adventures that include a love triangle with the twins’ perfect match, a masterly heist at Sun City and a surprise appearance at the White House. Including cameos by George W. Bush, Mohammed Atta and a Pakistani Brigadier in Peshawar, these original and lively family adventures are sure to delight. About the Author Imraan Coovadia is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Cape Town. He is also the author of the Wedding (2001).