The Disappearance Boy Salman Masalha Ahmed Mourad – Excerpt from

Ahmed Mourad – Excerpt from the novel Vertigo

these poems are love letters to the English language

Searching for patterns and meaning in the events of that year

each published both in its native language and in English

Sunday Telegraph

The Disappearance Boy Salman Masalha Ahmed Mourad – Excerpt fromChildhood polio has left Reggie Rainbow with a limp, but his strong arms and nimble fingers are perfect behind the scenes of down at heel variety theatreswhere he helps illusionist Mr Brookes disappear his glamorous assistants. When Mr Brookes accepts a booking at the Brighton Grand, Reggie finds himself in a strange new town. The seaside air works its own magic and the disappearance boy begins to wonder how much longer he can go on keeping secrets