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Cairo - G. Willow Wilson, M.K. Perker
Cairo
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Written by G. Willow Wilson Art and cover by M.K. Perker Written by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson, a Cairo-based journalist, and drawn by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker, the original hardcover graphic novel CAIRO is action-adventure that brings the ancient and modern Middle East together... show more
Written by G. Willow Wilson Art and cover by M.K. Perker Written by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson, a Cairo-based journalist, and drawn by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker, the original hardcover graphic novel CAIRO is action-adventure that brings the ancient and modern Middle East together with a Vertigo twist! A stolen hookah, a spiritual underworld, and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East's largest metropolis! This magical-realism thriller interweaves the fates of a drug runner, a down-on-his luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist, and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power, one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa's legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm - the Undernile - and even darker powers lurk there...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781401211400 (1401211402)
Publisher: Vertigo
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
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Owlriginal
Owlriginal rated it
0.0 Cairo & Industrial Gothic
Cairo - G. Willow Wilson, M.K. Perker Читать было сложно из-за присутствия множества названий на английском арабском - я до сих пор не понимаю что значит, например, y'anniНо история хорошая, графика тоже ничего That was hard to read because I didn't understand some words and phrases (which I ...
The Charcoal Burner
The Charcoal Burner rated it
3.0
The art was less than satisfying but I find that's generally the case with modern comics.
notyourmonkey
notyourmonkey rated it
4.0 Cairo
This. This. This is what graphic novels are for. Augh. I want to read more stuff like this immediately. A hashish dealer, a wannabe revolutionary journalist, an Israeli soldier, a wannabe suicide bomber, and a wannabe something/anything from the O.C. get drawn into a conflict between a gangster and ...
nadines
nadines rated it
G. Willow Wilson nimmt den Leser mit auf ihre persönliche Reise in ein unbekanntes Land, eine fremde Kultur und eine Religion, von der man viel hört, aber wenig weiß. Nachdem sie während des Studiums zum Islam konvertierte, möchte sie nun für einige Zeit in einem muslimischen Land leben, ohne wie im...
Shelf Indulgence
Shelf Indulgence rated it
2.0 Cairo
We have an international program at the college where I work, and the person in charge of the program has been ordering graphic novels set in foreign countries, like Persepolis, in an effort to make it easier for students to learn about foreign cultures. When I saw this title, and saw that it was p...
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