What is Naguib Mahfouz's best-known work?

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However, much of his reputation is based on his 1956-57 "Cairo Trilogy" — Bayn al-Qasrayn, Qasr ash-Shawq, and As-Sukkariyya (tr. as Palace Walk, 1989, Palace of Desire, 1991, and Sugar Street, 1992)—a sweeping series of novels that traces the history of a middle-class Cairo Muslim family through three generations, from 1917 to 1952.

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