The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips 2004 1st Edition Hardcover Dust Jacket Book

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Country of Origin
United States
Type
Novel
Special Attributes
1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Features
Dust Jacket
Age Level
Adults
ISBN
9781400062508
Book Title
Egyptologist
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2004
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Arthur Phillips
Genre
Fiction
Topic
General, Historical
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Width
6.3 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400062500
ISBN-13
9781400062508
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6067048

Product Key Features

Book Title
Egyptologist
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Arthur Phillips
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-065543
Reviews
"A wildly pleasurable, dazzling reading experience, big in heart and execution: crazed, ecstatic, and entertaining in the deepest sense of the word. Arthur Phillips is a terrifically talented writer, and these pages overflow with wit, mad humor, and, finally, a deep undercurrent of pathos." GEORGE SAUNDERS, author of Pastoralia and Civil War Land in Bad Decline "What a splendid, funny, bewitching book . . . Beneath Arthur Phillips's singular wit and peerless comic timing, lies a spot-on parable of twentieth-century self-delusion and the painfully fruitless quest for immortality." GARY SHTEYNGART, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook "The dueling voices of a nostalgic detective and the monomaniacal archaeologist he pursues around the world are only part of the treasure contained in The Egyptologist. Crafted with nuanced erudition and literary flair, Phillips uncovers the hieroglyphs (not hieroglyphicsbut you'll learn that) and building blocks beneath how we construct, interpret, and trust our storytellers. Highly textured, quirky, serpentine, surprising." MATTHEW PEARL, author of The Dante Club, "A wildly pleasurable, dazzling reading experience, big in heart and execution: crazed, ecstatic, and entertaining in the deepest sense of the word. Arthur Phillips is a terrifically talented writer, and these pages overflow with wit, mad humor, and, finally, a deep undercurrent of pathos." GEORGE SAUNDERS, author ofPastoraliaandCivil War Land in Bad Decline "What a splendid, funny, bewitching book . . . Beneath Arthur Phillips's singular wit and peerless comic timing, lies a spot-on parable of twentieth-century self-delusion and the painfully fruitless quest for immortality." GARY SHTEYNGART, author ofThe Russian Debutante's Handbook "The dueling voices of a nostalgic detective and the monomaniacal archaeologist he pursues around the world are only part of the treasure contained inThe Egyptologist. Crafted with nuanced erudition and literary flair, Phillips uncovers the hieroglyphs (not hieroglyphicsbut you'll learn that) and building blocks beneath how we construct, interpret, and trust our storytellers. Highly textured, quirky, serpentine, surprising." MATTHEW PEARL, author ofThe Dante Club
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
From the bestselling author ofPraguecomes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia to the ballrooms of Boston by way of Oxford, the battlefields of the First World War, and a royal court in turmoil. Just as Howard Carter unveils the tomb of Tutankhamun, making the most dazzling find in the history of archaeology, Oxford-educated Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush is digging himself into trouble, having staked his professional reputation and his fiancée's fortune on a scrap of hieroglyphic pornography. Meanwhile, a relentless Australian detective sets off on the case of his career, spanning the globe in search of a murderer. And another murderer. And possibly another murderer. The confluence of these seemingly separate stories results in an explosive ending, at once inevitable and utterly unpredictable. Arthur Phillips leads this expedition to its unforgettable climax with all the wit and narrative bravado that madePragueone of the most critically acclaimed novels of 2002. Exploring issues of class, greed, ambition, and the very human hunger for eternal life, this staggering second novel gives us a glimpse of Phillips's range and maturityand is sure to earn him further acclaim as one of the most exciting authors of his generation.
LC Classification Number
PS3616.H45E46 2004

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