A Card from Morocco

A Card from Morocco

First edition (UK)
Author	Robert Shaw
Cover artist	Val Biro
Language	English
Publisher	Chatto & Windus (UK) Harcourt Brace (US)
Publication date	1969
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	182 pp
ISBN	0-7011-1475-4
OCLC	27556
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.S536 Car3 PR6009.H39
Preceded by	The Man in the Glass Booth

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 (1965) and The Man in the Glass Booth (1967). 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." ^[1] 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." ^[2]

References

1. "A Card From Morocco". Kirkus Reviews . April 1, 1969. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
2. Davenport, Guy (June 15, 1969). "A Card From Morocco; By Robert Shaw. 182 pp. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. $4.95". The New York Times . Retrieved 24 January 2026.