Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus
(2017)(Book 14 in the Cairo Jim series)
A novel by Geoffrey McSkimming
All's smell that ends smell!
In the dusty ruins of the ancient House of the Perfumer at Pompeii, astonishing discoveries are taking place! Perfumes, long forgotten, are being reinvented and given new life. But when one of these whiffs of wonderment - believed to have legendary hypnotic powers - goes missing, it is up to that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his friends to try to stop a rush of evil so gargantuan that the world could be plunged into a chasm of eternal terror!
The 14th subtle onslaught of whimsy and historical strangeness from that inky, tireless scribbler, Geoffrey McSkimming!
"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." - Australian Book Review
"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." - The Age
Genre: Children's Fiction
In the dusty ruins of the ancient House of the Perfumer at Pompeii, astonishing discoveries are taking place! Perfumes, long forgotten, are being reinvented and given new life. But when one of these whiffs of wonderment - believed to have legendary hypnotic powers - goes missing, it is up to that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his friends to try to stop a rush of evil so gargantuan that the world could be plunged into a chasm of eternal terror!
The 14th subtle onslaught of whimsy and historical strangeness from that inky, tireless scribbler, Geoffrey McSkimming!
"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." - Australian Book Review
"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." - The Age
Genre: Children's Fiction
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