HUMANISM

Thieves Fall Out
 By Gore Vidal

Genre: Novel

Synopsis:

                The plot finds a tough, young, down on his luck American, Pete Wells, in Cairo, where he winds up broke after being drugged and robbed in a whorehouse. He falls in with some shady characters, including a beautiful woman, who hire him to help them with some mysterious and no doubt illegal scheme. It’s not long before various people are trying to kill him, a crooked police inspector (named Mohammed Ali) is after him, and Pete realizes he can’t trust anybody, even the girl he’s fallen in love with. Ceiling fans revolve slowly. A hunchbacked dwarf plays the piano in a Cairo dive. A smuggler talks like Peter Lorre. 

Analysis:

               The novel is about Pete's messy life. He is being haunted by those people who want to kill him. He has no one to trust even the girl she loved. This is one of those book where almost everybody is a villain even the protagonist. It is a tale of intrigue, adventure and duplicity set in Cairo.