The Egyptologist
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780739451519 (0739451510)
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 383
Edition language: English
I read this book with a speed that would make you think I adored it, but in fact I figured out the plot twists very early on and finished it just to have my guesses confirmed. I'm not sure I would recommend this to anyone except former childhood (or current adult) egyptologists--the parts with ficti...
Es ist angenehm zu lesen (Zuglektüre), allerdings ist die Sprache sehr getragen und ausgeschmmückt auf einigen Strecken. Die Grundidee des Romans finde ich sehr interessant, und im letzten Drittel war ich richtig mit Interesse wie sich alles ergeben wird dabei (mit meinen Vermutungen hatte ich großt...
Picked this up at the library for no reason in particular and so far it's really entertaining. Of course, Simon Prebble is my favorite narrator (he was a perfect Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley in English Passengers, incidentally).Update: well, the book is brilliant -- hilarious, dark and really inge...
This book was so bad I'd be willing to burn it. The main character is repellent, the twist in the plot is apparent way too early, and it's generally vile.
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