A Novel of Intrigue, Betrayal, and Absurdity
What if one ordinary morning you were dragged from your desk, stripped of your name, and informed that you were the key to a conspiracy you’ve never even heard of?
Author: Hichem Karoui
Publisher : Global East-West (London)
Publication date : June 27, 2025
Language : English
Print length : 602 pages
Bassam Bourasin is a diligent—if slightly eccentric—bank clerk from the small Tunisian town of ’Ouja. One day he is arrested without warning, rebaptised “Prisoner 1228”, and confined in a sinister “State hotel” that is nothing more than a gilded jail for disgraced ministers, crooked financiers, and hardened criminals.
Inside this absurd labyrinth, Vassam must fend off kitchen black-marketeers, a hulking inmate nicknamed Frankenstein, and a psychiatrist whose cure feels worse than the disease. Haunted by memories of the mother and fiancée he lost in a mysterious tragedy back home, he begins to suspect that his arrest is part of a plot reaching the highest echelons of power. Armed with nothing but wit, naivety, and a notebook, he turns reluctant secret agent, documenting every whispered password and hidden passage in search of the truth.
Why You’ll Keep Turning the Pages
* Political satire meets psychological thriller, set against the backdrop of a revolution in flux.
* A razor-sharp exploration of identity: when your name is stolen, who are you really?.
* Dark humour worthy of Kafka or Orwell, revealing the thin line between sanity and madness.
* An ever-twisting conspiracy of secret societies and “mind-hackers” where nothing—absolutely nothing—is what it seems.
Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy
• Orwell’s *1984* or Kafka’s *The Trial*
• Blackly comic political intrigue
• Stories that question reality, destiny, and freedom—because in Bassam’s world, everything is *Mektub* (pre-ordained).
Will Bassam expose the truth and reclaim his life, or become just another pawn sacrificed to an invisible empire? Dive into *The Morning of the Mogul* and decide for yourself.
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