 First edition | |
| Author | Chris Womersley |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribe |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781925106626 |
| OCLC | 850395771 |
Cairo is a 2013 novel by Australian author Chris Womersley.[1] It is Womersley's third novel.[2]
The novel takes its name from Cairo Flats, a heritage-listed apartment building in Fitzroy, Victoria.[1][3]
The novel is presented as a reminiscence of "Tom Button", a boy from rural Victoria who inherits an apartment in Fitzroy from a bohemian aunt. Tom is accepted into a circle of artists and musicians, centred around Max and Sally Cheever, a couple who live in unit 28 of the Cairo Flats.[1] Tom is drawn into a circle that would perpetrate the Theft of The Weeping Woman from the National Gallery of Victoria and would sell it to relocate to France.[1]
The novel includes a number of actual places and venues on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy and in the suburb: Punters Club, the Black Cat cafe, Polyester Records and Rhumbarellas.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Tang, Estelle (31 August 2013). "Bohemia and the art of theft in Fitzroy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "Books and Arts- Chris Womersley's Cairo". ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ Sosnowski, Marika (24 October 2013). "The Cairo building, Fitzroy". Overland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ Gruber, Fiona (1 November 2013). "Chris Womersley's world of mullets, music and Coco Pops at the Black Cat". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
External links
- Video of the author talking about the novel at Scribe website.