Sphinx (novel)

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Sphinx
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First edition (US)
Author Robin Cook
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Thriller
Publisher Putnam (US)
Macmillan (UK)
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint (paperback & hardback)
ISBN 0-330-26088-X
OCLC 16496298
Preceded by Coma  
Followed by Brain  

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]

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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