Sphinx (novel)

Sphinx
First edition (US)
AuthorRobin Cook
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherPutnam (US)
Macmillan (UK)
Publication date
1979
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback & hardback)
ISBN0-330-26088-X
OCLC16496298
Preceded byComa 
Followed byBrain 

Sphinx is a 1979 novel by Robin Cook. It follows a young American Egyptologist named Erica Baron, on a working vacation in Egypt, who stumbles into a dangerous vortex of intrigue after seeing an ancient Egyptian statue of Seti I in a Cairo market.[1] Cook's third novel, it is one of the few not centered on medicine.[2]

In 1981, the novel was adapted into the film Sphinx starring Lesley-Anne Down as Erica and Frank Langella as Ahmed Khazzan.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cook, Robin (January 1983). Sphinx. ISBN 9780451159496.
  2. ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (January 21, 1996). "TALKING MONEY WITH: DR. ROBIN COOK". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Schaffner, Franklin J. (1981-02-11), Sphinx (Adventure, Mystery, Thriller), Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, Orion Pictures, S & L Films, retrieved 2023-06-01