The End Of Sleep
Rowan Somerville(Author)
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published on 16. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7538-2343-9 (ISBN)
Description
Fin, an Irish journalist with little more than a rumpled linen suit to his name, wakes at dawn with a fierce hangover and an excruciating bruise on his thigh. As the first prayer call of the day sounds over Cairo, Fin stumbles into an exotic adventure that will take him to the very edge of his courage, his endurance and his sense of self. He seeks a story - a story about treasure - and to find it, he must first find his friend Farouk, the mercurial teller of tales, who alone knows what Fin needs to hear. Fuelled by whisky and a thousand glasses of tea Fin pursues his quest under the shadow of the Great Pyramid, through crowded kebab shops and into the great emptiness of the desert itself.
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a debut novel that bursts with vitality and fun and rich descriptive passages HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINERMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7538-2343-9 (9780753823439)
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Rowan Somerville
The End Of Sleep
E-Book
08/2010
1st Edition
Weidenfeld and Nicholson
€3.99
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Person
Rowan Somerville was born in London in 1966. He was educated by Jesuits and took an honours degree in Literature from the University of Edinburgh. He has worked in film, televison and radio and he now lives in Donegal, Ireland. THE END OF SLEEP is his first novel.