Telegram: Cairo Stories: About The Author

Book Info

FICTION
FEBRUARY 2007
13X20 CM
PAPERBACK
176PP £8.99
ISBN: 1846590256

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• About The Author
• Book Info
• Excerpts
• Reviews

About the Author

Anne-Marie Drosso was born in Cairo in 1951. She moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1974 where, after studying then teaching economics, she did a law degree and worked for an administrative tribunal. She now lives in London and is working on a novel and short stories.

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Anne-Marie Drosso

Meet the author at the launch of Cairo Stories in London, 8 March 2007.

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Reviews

'While Drosso's prose remains earthbound, the tales are lively and dramatic, with a well-judged comic edge.' Mslexia

Excerpts

It seemed like her father would never come back to the room. She could hear him faintly. He was whispering things on the phone, so he must have reached the doctor. Her mother had closed her eyes.

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