A Card from Morocco
1969 novel by Robert Shaw
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A Card from Morocco is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. It was published in 1969. A Card from Morocco was the final novel in a trilogy, having been preceded by The Flag (1965) and The Man in the Glass Booth (1967). It concerns Arthur Lewis and Patrick Slattery, two drinking companions self-exiled from society, and their various misadventures through Spain as they both engage in bragging and self destructive behavior.
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Robert Shaw |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Val Biro |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus (UK) Harcourt Brace (US) |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 182 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7011-1475-4 |
| OCLC | 27556 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.S536 Car3 PR6009.H39 |
| Preceded by | The Man in the Glass Booth |
Reception
A review in Kirkus thought that Shaw had "created as persuasively interesting a pair of drunks as ever staggered across a printed page."[1] Writing for The New York Times, Guy Davenport felt that the author's "skill as a novelist is evident in his giving himself minimal advantages and an elegantly closed system with which he has nevertheless constructed a tense, sharply-controlled story."[2]
