Cairo (novel)

Cairo is a 2013 novel by Australian author Chris Womersley.[1] Cairo is Womersley's third novel.[2]

Cairo
First edition
AuthorChris Womersley
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
2013
Pages304
ISBN9781925106626
OCLC850395771

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. Tang, Estelle (31 August 2013). "Bohemia and the art of theft in Fitzroy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. "Books and Arts- Chris Womersley's Cairo". ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. Sosnowski, Marika (24 October 2013). "The Cairo building, Fitzroy". Overland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. 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.


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