An eminent novelist with a distinctive style, Sabri Moussa is already well known to the English reader: his prize-winning Seeds of Corruption has secured him a measure of international recognition. In The incident, a novel of exceptional finesse and charm, Moussa deals with the predicament of a Cairene couple entangled in the mesh of traditional and modern values. His story-telling power, together with his intimate psychological analysis, maintains the reader's interest to the last minute a remarkable achievement.