Waguih Ghali (25 February 1927/1928/1929 – 5 January 1969) was an Egyptian writer, best known for his novel Beer in the Snooker Club (André Deutsch, 1964). Fearing political persecution, Ghali spent his adult years impoverished, living in exile in Europe. He died on 5 January 1969, after a fatal overdose of sleeping pills taken 10 days before.
Biography
Waguih Ghali was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Coptic family. According to Ghali's friend and editor, Diana Athill, Ghali carefully obscured...