A Card from Morocco

A Card from Morocco is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. It was published in 1969. A Card from Morocco was the final novel in a trilogy, having been preceded by The Flag and The Man in the Glass Booth. It concerns Arthur Lewis and Patrick Slattery, two drinking companions self-exiled from society, and their various misadventures through Spain as they both engage in bragging and self destructive behavior.

Reception

A review in Kirkus thought that Shaw had "created as persuasively interesting a pair of drunks as ever staggered across a printed page." Writing for The New York Times, Guy Davenport felt that the author's "skill as a novelist is evident in his giving himself minimal advantages and an elegantly closed system with which he has nevertheless constructed a tense, sharply-controlled story."