Cairo (35 page)

I am indebted to Farah Farouque for the tour of Cairo apartments, and to Michael Varcoe-Cocks at the National Gallery of Victoria for allowing me to inspect the
Weeping Woman
. Thanks also to everyone at Scribe Publications, particularly Aviva Tuffield and Ian See for their tough love and brilliant editorial advice. And last but not least, I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Roslyn, for her invaluable patience and love.

For a very different type of support, I would also like to acknowledge the Australia Council and the City of Melbourne.