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The Italian translation of an old thriller set in Egypt. Already pretty unrealistic, but Cook never let himself be limited by reality. Astounding what you can find in my local LFL!
— Jul 11, 2026 12:03PM
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Berengaria
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in the home stretch now! Continues to be a "made-for-TV-movie" from the late 70s early 80s.
— Jul 21, 2026 09:56PM
Berengaria
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Robin Cook must have used his Egyptian vacation as research, the descriptions are too journalistic. Still, page after page of a lover's spat delivered word-for-word, or a character constantly saying "Egyptology is not a serious profession. Who cares about a dead culture?" really drags down the reading. Luckily, the vocab is on my level so I don't have to consult a dictionary too often.
— Jul 20, 2026 03:48AM
Berengaria
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This is such a hilarious blend of tourist travel log and low budget TV thriller. 😂
I'm sorry, but they don't hand out degrees in Egyptology to people who have never set foot in Egypt or who don't have at least 3 years of Arabic, like our young, beautiful "first timer/English only" Egyptologist fmc. That's an academic impossibility.
Well, it was published in 1979.
— Jul 14, 2026 03:28PM
I'm sorry, but they don't hand out degrees in Egyptology to people who have never set foot in Egypt or who don't have at least 3 years of Arabic, like our young, beautiful "first timer/English only" Egyptologist fmc. That's an academic impossibility.
Well, it was published in 1979.
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Jul 11, 2026 02:13PM
Ooooo, great LFL find Berengaria! I know I've read, and enjoyed, all of Robin Cook's medical thrillers (at least once) but I may have missed out on this archeological thriller (or if I did read it back in the '80s I've forgotten about it 😯). English title, SPHINX, I'll be checking it out, Enjoy 💛🧚♀️🙋🏼.
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So far it's pretty fun, but nothing medical yet. Seems this one might have been a one-off.