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erik_gamlem's review
5.0
I've had the distinct pleasure of playing with Chris in many states with different projects over many years. So, yes this is probably a little bit biased review. But if you aren't friends with at least some of the people you admire and whose art and creativity you respect then you are not living life as an artist right.
This is a book of heroics. America is a lost place and Cairo is more lost than most places that, at least, I have ever been to. This is the America we have left behind and forgotten and Chris wanted to make it a homeland for those of us who feel neglected. Cursed in Cairo is a great American tragedy. And even if I didn't know the person behind it, this book would have been just as powerful as it was.
We need to rewrite the cannon of great American adventure stories that truly reflect hopes and dreams and chance and sacrifice. Cursed in Cairo should be the first entry in the remodeling of the American narrative. You should read this book. You should dare to dream as big as Chris and you should be unafraid to fail.
This is a book of heroics. America is a lost place and Cairo is more lost than most places that, at least, I have ever been to. This is the America we have left behind and forgotten and Chris wanted to make it a homeland for those of us who feel neglected. Cursed in Cairo is a great American tragedy. And even if I didn't know the person behind it, this book would have been just as powerful as it was.
We need to rewrite the cannon of great American adventure stories that truly reflect hopes and dreams and chance and sacrifice. Cursed in Cairo should be the first entry in the remodeling of the American narrative. You should read this book. You should dare to dream as big as Chris and you should be unafraid to fail.
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