Angels of Cairo

Gary Raymond

ISBN 10: 1913640280 / ISBN 13: 9781913640286

Published by Parthian Books, GB, 2021

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Lewis has written a script. Eighty pages in ten days.Hardly slept. He taps the bag on his shoulder with adelicate fingertip like it's a hot kettle. Cliff is then giventen minutes on the problem with Lewis's printer. Thenthe history of problems with his printer. Then problemswith printers more generally.Robert Clifford is in Cairo to present his latest film fora festival prize. It has taken seven gruelling years ofhis life to make and is definitely NOT a film about hismother. But his moment in the spotlight is not quite as hescripted. There are rumours the jury could be influenced.Nobody can lay their hands on a copy of the film. Andeven his girlfriend thinks it's about his mother.Cliff's producer has not turned up but sent his nephewLewis Proudfoot instead. Lewis has a script of his ownto sell and is determined that everyone should hearabout it. Then a meeting is arranged with a group ofthe festival organiser's friends, who may or may not berevolutionaries.Angels of Cairo is a fast-moving, acerbic comedy toldover a single day but capturing a lifetime of angst andself-doubt.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Angels of Cairo
• Publisher: Parthian Books, GB
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913640280
• ISBN 13: 9781913640286
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Robert Clifford is in Cairo to present his latest film for a festival prize. It has taken seven gruelling years of his life to make and is definitely NOT a film about his mother. But his moment in the spotlight is not quite as he scripted.

About the Author

Gary Raymond is a novelist, critic, editor, and broadcaster. He is the presenter of The Review Show for BBC Radio Wales, and is editor of Wales Arts Review. He is the author of two previous novels, The Golden Orphans and For Those Who Come After, as well as a non-fiction book, How Love Actually Ruined Christmas. His second novel, The Golden Orphans, was picked as best new crime novel in The Spectator and was previewer’s pick of the month in The Bookseller.