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The historic town of Cairo is just a tangle of the old and the brand new, of the desperately poor and the super-rich, with crime and inequality everywhere. It is a spot where grudges and long-hidden secrets can fester, and where people can vanish in the blink of an eye.Makana, a former Sudanese authorities inspector compelled to flee to Cairo, has become fighting to create ends meet as a personal investigator. Looking for cash, he requires a case in the notoriously corrupt mogul Saad Hanafi, proprietor of the Cairo team, whose star person, Adil Romario, went lost. Quickly, Makana is caught up in a secret that takes him into the dangerous underbelly of his adopted city, experiencing Islamic extremists, Russian gangsters, vengeful ladies, and a determined mom looking for her lost child-a path that leads him back into their own story, mixing up unpleasant personal thoughts and getting him face-to-face by having an old enemy from his past …Published about the anniversary of the revolution in Egypt, The Gold Machines is definitely an elegantly prepared, fascinating story occur a city of trauma, turmoil, and crime.