The Sergeant's Downfall

Author: Kamal Rahim

I am Adel Hassan Al-Atfi... My father was, in my eyes, a lord of the universe. It was hard for me to see him small, broken, and like a criminal in the hands of a woman, even if that woman was my mother. My father was a sergeant, and at that time, I was confused in my understanding of my mother's relationship with the so-called "Al-Far" (The Mouse), torn between condemnation and anger. This was my world, the world of young children lacking awareness. I would only get agitated when someone shared my mother with me; this was my problem. Now I have grown up a bit... and my anger has become the anger of boys stepping towards youth. Condemnation and anger have remained with me and have accompanied me since childhood, followed by apprehension, and an even more intense anger followed the anger, until the tragedy began... "The Sergeant's Downfall" is a novel that reveals psychological interactions and societal entanglements woven by the great novelist Kamal Rahim through an exciting narrative game crafted with astonishing elegance.