Sphinx (novel)

Sphinx (novel)

infobox Book |
name = Sphinx
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author = Robin Cook
illustrator =
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country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Thriller, Novel
publisher = Macmillan London Limited
release_date = 1979
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media_type = Print (Paperback & Hardback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 0-330-26088-X
preceded_by = Coma
followed_by = Brain

"Sphinx" is a 1979 novel by Robin Cook. In 1981, it was adapted into the film "Sphinx", starring Lesley-Anne Down as "Erica Baron" and Frank Langella as "Akmed Khazzan" (partly filmed in Egypt).

The main plot of the book revolves around a young tourist to Egypt and the trouble she gets into inadvertently.

Well known for his medical fiction, Robin Cook has assured that not a single medical term has been used in this novel.

External links

* [http://www.ereader.com/product/detail/6636?book=Sphinx ereader]
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451159497 Amazon]
*IMDb film link: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083113/ IMDb-Sphinx-1981] .


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