The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 14th, 1996
I Know Many Songs, But I Cannot Sing. By Brian Kitely. Simon & Schuster. 191 pages. $20.
Brian Kitely, author of the much-praised "Still Life with Insects," sets the tone for his second novel in its dreamlike, poetic title. Set in modern-day Egypt in one seemingly endless night, the story is as winding and full of mysteries as the Egyptian streets its characters travel.
Ib, the central character, is an American living in Cairo.
Like his odd name, Ib seems to have no nationality, and no commitment to anything but the moment he finds himself in. So it is easy for him to fall "under the spell ...
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