Reprisal (2009)
“When all the papers were secured by their corners, he rolled the rug up tightly and bound it with string. Then he put the rolled rug under one arm, left his apartment and strolled jauntily through the streets. He was on his way to sell this rug to an undersecretary from the American Embassy for six thousand American dollars, five for the information on Laforque plus one for other services. The rug itself wasn’t worth a dime.
Pritchett was not coming today, and Omar avoided handing papers to... other Americans when he could. Nobody thought anything of an Egyptian selling any kind of garbage to tourists, but if an Egyptian national was seen passing papers to a foreigner—immediately everyone thought espionage! In his case they would happen to be correct. Which was all the more reason for him not to be seen doing anything suspicious. Those at high levels knew about him, of course.
What Omar feared was being caught in the act by an ordinary policeman and being kicked to death by an enraged mob in the street or cellmates in a jail before he could be rescued.MoreLess
Pritchett was not coming today, and Omar avoided handing papers to... other Americans when he could. Nobody thought anything of an Egyptian selling any kind of garbage to tourists, but if an Egyptian national was seen passing papers to a foreigner—immediately everyone thought espionage! In his case they would happen to be correct. Which was all the more reason for him not to be seen doing anything suspicious. Those at high levels knew about him, of course.
What Omar feared was being caught in the act by an ordinary policeman and being kicked to death by an enraged mob in the street or cellmates in a jail before he could be rescued.MoreLess
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