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There is a real wealth of books about Morocco, set in Morocco, or (increasingly) by Moroccans - and you won't regret having one or two along on a trip. Personal favourites include Paul Bowles's Fes novel,
The Spider's House
, Esther Freud's magic evocation of a childhood hippy trip to Marrakesh,
Hideous Kinky
, Walter Harris's evocation of the last days of feudal Morocco in the 1920s,
Morocco That Was
, and the various story collections of Mohammed Mrabet, impeccably rendered by Paul Bowles.
The main Internet bookstores -
Amazon
in particular (try both its .com and .co.uk sites) - are likely to yield the highest returns on the more esoteric books we've recommended, while Internet bookseller search sites such as
abebooks.com
and
bibliofind.com
are good for those out of print (o/p in the listings). You might also want to try a couple of specialist booksellers based in the UK, who will ship books worldwide: the
Maghreb Bookshop
, 45 Bruton Street, London WC1 (tel 020 7388 1840) supplies rare and out-of-print books on all aspects of North Africa, while
Keith Harris Books
, PO Box 207, Twickenham, TW2 (tel 020 8898 7789) is an excellent mail order specialist for books on Morocco. Other useful information
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