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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781401217341 ISBN: 1401217346 Label: Vertigo Manufacturer: Vertigo Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: October 07, 2008 Publisher: Vertigo Release Date: October 07, 2008 Studio: Vertigo Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Journalist G. Willow Wilson brings an extraordinary fable to Vertigo in October with CAIRO, an original graphic novel illustrated by Turkish artist M.K. Perker, himself a contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker. Set in bustling modern-day Cairo, this magical-realism thriller interweaves the lives of a drug runner, a down-on-his-luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist, an Israeli soldier, and a genie as they navigate the city's streets and spiritual underworld to find a stolen hooka sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Air shows that Wilson is no one-trick ponyCairo the city holds many secrets for foreigners. CAIRO the graphic novel isn't so obtuse; it puts some of those secrets out there for all to see and uses them to kick off a story that is part mythology, part social commentary and part full-blown adventure. The combination works. It's a debut from writer G. Willow Wilson and longtime illustrator M.K. Perker (TURKAN SORAY LIPS, FAIRY TALE MAFIA) that uses magic realism to propel its five principal characters into a heady battle with ultimate ... Read More Rating:  - A mixed bagCairo is written, in many ways, as a loving tribute to the eponymous city itself. Set in the Egyptian capital, the book follows a group of characters from a myriad of nationalities and social backgrounds--including an Israeli soldier, an Egyptian journalist, a drug-runner, a suicide bomber, and an American student--brought together by the rather unlikely circumstance of the theft of a hookah in which it just so happens a "genie" is imprisoned. This framework allows the story to explore the politics of the ... Read More Rating: - Fun, yet disappointing, readIn one word; cheesey. Your typical action film with an Arabian twist is how I'd describe this graphic novel. The art is fine, the binding is beautiful, the binding is beautiful (repeated for emphasis), but the plot/dialogue is what let me down; I was expecting more. The dialogue at times being awkward. But, it was an entertaining comic despite all that, which is why I gave it 3 stars, that I'd recommend to anyone looking for a quick, action filled title. The perfect companion with which ... Read More Rating: - More graphic novels should be like thisI picked this up without knowing anything about it, and loved it. I tend to read comics in bits over breakfast, kept reading "just a little more" to find a good place to put it down. No superheroes, but a warrior, a djinn, and plenty of demons, all well told and well drawn. Lots of plots, but all tied together nicely with good pacing. I'll look for more work from these folks. Rating: - Step into the Streets of CairoI thoroughly enjoyed this vividly illustrated jaunt with a djinni and assorted other characters through the streets of Cairo. Perker's drawings are captivating and entertaining and Wilson's text synchs beautifully. Having studied the Middle Eastern culture of the djinn and written about it in "A Genie in the House of Saud," I highly recommend this book. --KF Zuzulo 
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