The Disappeared from Cairo, by Christopher Bollen: an American in the footsteps of Graham Greene. The young woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend gives up her job in a Manhattan gallery and takes a flight to Egypt.

At the airport, she escapes a kidnapping attempt. Omar is homosexual (not easy in the country), he studied in London and dreams of obtaining a visa to settle in California. There are two heroines in this novel: Cate and the capital. The author makes it… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 67% left to discover.