Parker Bilal whisks the reader straight to the dark heart of Cairo. From the maze of alleys in the medieval bazaar to sand-blown, half-finished luxury housing developments, the Egyptian capital is a menacing place where betrayal swirls like an army of djinns.
Harris is a man of many talents. Over the years he has turned his hand to political biography, the second world war’s codebreakers and fiction about ancient Rome. But his greatest gift is his ability to spot the one idea that will turn a humdrum story into a darn good yarn.
Gary Oldman, the pomaded star of the remake of John le Carré’s 1970s cold-war thriller, »Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy«, found himself being asked one question over and over while he was shooting the film.