It is essential reading for any devotee of literary fiction. 'The Arabian Nightmare is a conceit worthy of Borges. It is one of the great works of literary fantasy of its period and has been translated into twenty languages and acclaimed universally for its brilliance and inventiveness. It was in the first Dedalus list in 1983 and has never been out of print since. He is a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. He is the commissioning editor for the TLS for The Middle East and writes for a number of newspapers and journals in the UK and the USA. He also lectured on Arabic and Middle Eastern History at the universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford. He read Modern History at Oxford and taught Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of nine novels: The Arabian Nightmare (1983), The Limits of Vision (1986), The Mysteries of. It is a dream without awakening, a flight without escape, a tale without end. He is a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. The Arabian nightmare by Robert Irwin, 1983, Dedalus edition, in English. The Arabian Nightmare pervades the darkness of medieval Cairo. In a city of sultans, seductresses and apes, Balian of Norwich is pursued through a maze of streets by the Father of Cats, Fatima the Deadly, Shikk the half-man and many others.
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