Thumbs up for Cairo
Having read Alif the Unseen (my review) before reading Cairo, I definitely get the sense that Cairo was a sort of early brainstorming session for Alif. This is not to denigrate either; if you like one you will like the other. If you have read neither, but think you might like visiting a Middle East where cell phones and jinn coexist, you should check these out.
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