The Egyptologist A Novel
The Egyptologist A Novel by Arthur Phillips is a reprint edition published by Random House Publishing Group on May 24, 2005, featuring 416 pages in English. This novel presents a darkly comic narrative centered on an Egyptologist named Ralph Trilipush, who is fixated on uncovering the tomb of an apocryphal king. Set against the backdrop of 1922 Egypt, the story traverses various locations, including Australia and Boston, intertwining the lives of its characters as they navigate personal and professional challenges.
Readers will find a richly woven tale that explores themes of ambition, class, and the quest for immortality. As Trilipush stakes his reputation on dubious hieroglyphics, a determined Australian detective embarks on a global search for a murderer, leading to a convergence of events that culminates in an unpredictable climax. This inventive narrative combines elements of fiction, literary intrigue, and suspense, offering a multifaceted reading experience that reflects Phillips’s narrative skill and depth.
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From the bestselling author of Prague comes 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 made Prague one 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 maturity–and is sure to earn him further acclaim as one of the most exciting authors of his generation.
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