
Angels of Cairo
Gary Raymond(Author)
Parthian Books (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-913640-28-6 (ISBN)
Description
Lewis has written a script. Eighty pages in ten days.
Hardly slept... He taps the bag on his shoulder with a
delicate fingertip like it's a hot kettle. Cliff is then given
ten minutes on the problem with Lewis's printer. Then
the history of problems with his printer. Then problems
with printers more generally...
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. There are rumours the jury could be influenced.
Nobody can lay their hands on a copy of the film. And
even his girlfriend thinks it's about his mother.
Cliff's producer has not turned up but sent his nephew
Lewis Proudfoot instead. Lewis has a script of his own
to sell and is determined that everyone should hear
about it. Then a meeting is arranged with a group of
the festival organiser's friends, who may or may not be
revolutionaries...
Angels of Cairo is a fast-moving, acerbic comedy told
over a single day but capturing a lifetime of angst and
self-doubt.
Hardly slept... He taps the bag on his shoulder with a
delicate fingertip like it's a hot kettle. Cliff is then given
ten minutes on the problem with Lewis's printer. Then
the history of problems with his printer. Then problems
with printers more generally...
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. There are rumours the jury could be influenced.
Nobody can lay their hands on a copy of the film. And
even his girlfriend thinks it's about his mother.
Cliff's producer has not turned up but sent his nephew
Lewis Proudfoot instead. Lewis has a script of his own
to sell and is determined that everyone should hear
about it. Then a meeting is arranged with a group of
the festival organiser's friends, who may or may not be
revolutionaries...
Angels of Cairo is a fast-moving, acerbic comedy told
over a single day but capturing a lifetime of angst and
self-doubt.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 127 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913640-28-6 (9781913640286)
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Person
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 (Parthian, 2018) and For Those
Who Come After (Parthian, 2015), as well
as a non-fiction book, How Love Actually
Ruined Christmas (Parthian, 2020). His
second novel, The Golden Orphans, was
picked as best new crime novel in The
Spectator and was previewer's pick of the
month for June 2018 in The Bookseller. It
remained on the WH Smith fiction chart for six weeks. He has edited a
wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, from short story anthologies
to political memoir. As a critic he has been seen in the pages of The
Guardian and heard on BBC Radio Four's Front Row and BBC Radio
Three's Sunday Morning programme.
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 (Parthian, 2018) and For Those
Who Come After (Parthian, 2015), as well
as a non-fiction book, How Love Actually
Ruined Christmas (Parthian, 2020). His
second novel, The Golden Orphans, was
picked as best new crime novel in The
Spectator and was previewer's pick of the
month for June 2018 in The Bookseller. It
remained on the WH Smith fiction chart for six weeks. He has edited a
wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, from short story anthologies
to political memoir. As a critic he has been seen in the pages of The
Guardian and heard on BBC Radio Four's Front Row and BBC Radio
Three's Sunday Morning programme.