Morning Star (novel)

Morning Star (novel)
Morning Star  
First edition Morning Star book cover
First edition Morning Star book cover
Author(s) Simon Raven
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series First Born of Egypt
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Frederick Muller
Publication date June 21, 1984
Media type Hardback and paperback
Pages 188 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-85634-138-X (hardback edition)
OCLC Number 16277397
Dewey Decimal 823/.914 20
LC Classification PR6068.A9 M67 1984

Morning Star is Volume I of the novel sequence First Born of Egypt by Simon Raven, published in 1984.

Morning Star is set in 1977 and features a large cast of upper-class characters. The novel follows on from Raven’s "Alms for Oblivion" novel sequence.

Plot summary

The plot revolves around the behaviour of a 12-year-old boy called Marius Stern, who is suspended from his boarding school for hitting another boy. Scientist Ptolemaeos Tunne, with the assistance of Jeremy Morrison, attempt to get to the bottom of Marius' behaviour. Marius has a crush on Jeremy and persuades him to share his bed, though nothing sexual happens.


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