The Egyptologist: A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Arthur Phillips 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2005-05
• ISBN 9780812972597
• 定价 102.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromthebestsellingauthorofPraguecomesawitty,inventive,brilliantlyconstructednovelaboutanEgyptologistobsessedwithfindingthetombofanapocryphalking.ThisdarklycomiclabyrinthofastoryopensonthedesertplainsofEgyptin1922,thenwindsitswayfromtheslumsofAustraliatotheballroomsofBostonbywayofOxford,thebattlefieldsoftheFirstWorldWar,andaroyalcourtinturmoil.
JustasHowardCarterunveilsthetombofTutankhamun,makingthemostdazzlingfindinthehistoryofarchaeology,Oxford-educatedEgyptologistRalphTrilipushisdigginghimselfintotrouble,havingstakedhisprofessionalreputationandhisfiancée’sfortuneonascrapofhieroglyphicpornography.Meanwhile,arelentlessAustraliandetectivesetsoffonthecaseofhiscareer,spanningtheglobeinsearchofamurderer.Andanothermurderer.Andpossiblyanothermurderer.Theconfluenceoftheseseeminglyseparatestoriesresultsinanexplosiveending,atonceinevitableandutterlyunpredictable.

ArthurPhillipsleadsthisexpeditiontoitsunforgettableclimaxwithallthewitandnarrativebravadothatmadePragueoneofthemostcriticallyacclaimednovelsof2002.Exploringissuesofclass,greed,ambition,andtheveryhumanhungerforeternallife,thisstaggeringsecondnovelgivesusaglimpseofPhillips’srangeandmaturity–andissuretoearnhimfurtheracclaimasoneofthemostexcitingauthorsofhisgeneration.

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【作者简介】

ARTHURPHILLIPS’sfirstnovel,Prague,wasanationalbestseller,aNewYorkTimesNotableBook,recipientoftheLosAngelesTimesArtSeidenbaumAwardforFirstFiction,andhasbeentranslatedintosevenlanguages.PhillipslivesinNewYorkwithhiswifeandtwosons.

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