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Salim Ghandour’s expansive, private study was located in the basement of his luxurious home. The room was, by any standard, huge. It covered over half the total floor area of the basement, the remainder taken up with a luxuriously appointed bathroom complete with gold basin and shower fittings.
The study was lavishly furnished with solid, oak-panelled walls, a matching oak floor-to-ceiling bookcase ran almost the length of one wall, and thick, rich, deep burgundy carpet imported from Turkey covered the floor. A soft, plush, three-seater, leather Chesterfield settee sat in the centre of the room. A matching wing-chair on either end of the settee completed the ensemble. Salim’s desk, large enough for three men to sit behind, imported from Russia and also made of oak, sat at the rear of
