The Elusive Fox

“The Elusive Fox is an indelible portrait of a man in transit and a country in transition. Zafzaf writes without indulgence, yet with sympathy and humor, about life in the coastal town Essaouira, where locals and tourists mingle, mutually exposing their hypocrisies. A gritty, powerful novel by one of Morocco’s greatest writers.” —Laila Lalami, author of The Moor’s Account

“A key novel by one of Morocco’s most important Arabic novelists. . . . Represents the neglected Arabic perspective on the characters Beat generation writers such as Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs encountered during their stay in Morocco.” —Jonathan Smolin, associate professor of Arabic, Dartmouth College

“A welcome addition to the canon of works of Moroccan literature in translation.” —William Hutchins, translator of Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.