A story set in the fictional country of Ras Al Surra, which is a satire on Arab politics and British bureaucracy. Sultan Nabil, ex-hippy and now bohemian ruler of Zibda, wants to keep the peace but all King Fadl of Ras Al Surra wants is a piece of Nabil's Zibda.
- ISBN10 0552994219
- ISBN13 9780552994217
- Publish Date 1 January 1991 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Black Swan
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English