Memoirs of a Dervish

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Profile Books, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 239 pages
In the summer of 1964, while a military coup was taking place and tanks were rolling through the streets of Algiers, Robert Irwin set off for Algeria in search of Sufi enlightenment. There he entered a world of marvels and ecstasy, converted to Islam and received an initiation as a faqir.

About the author (2011)

Robert Irwin is a novelist, publisher, reviewer, Arabist and historian. He was formerly a lecturer in the Department of Mediaeval History in the University of St Andrews and he is currently a Senior Research Associate of the History Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He has published seventeen books, of which six are novels. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Memoirs of a Dervish is published by Profile in 2011.

Bibliographic information

TitleMemoirs of a Dervish
Memoirs of a Dervish, Robert Irwin
AuthorRobert Irwin
Editionillustrated
PublisherProfile Books, 2011
ISBN1861979916, 9781861979919
Length239 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
  
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