Extract from Susanne Ayoub’s Engelsgift (Angel’s Venom)

Susanne Ayoub was born in Baghdad and moved to Vienna at the age of six. After studying Drama and History of Art she worked for the Austrian national broadcasting service as a producer, dramatic advisor and director on radio and television. She has written plays for the screen, radio and theatre. Engelsgift (Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, 2004) is her first novel. She lives as a freelance writer in Vienna.