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Bezig met laden... The Lost Army Of Cambyses (2003)door Paul Sussman, Paul Sussman
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 9788497932318 Un cadáver mutilado aparece en las orillas del Nilo, un comerciante de antigüedades es asesinado y un eminente arqueólogo británico es encontrado muerto en la antigua necrópolis de Saqqara. Al principio, los incidentes parecen desconectados. Sin embargo, el inspector Yusuf Khalifa de la policía de Luxor, sospecha. También lo hace la hija del arqueólogo, Tara Mullray. Mientras ambos buscan descubrir la verdad, se ven envueltos en una carrera desesperada por la supervivencia. Desde un misterioso fragmento de un antiguo texto jeroglífico hasta los rumores de una fabulosa tumba perdida en las colinas de Theban, desde las resplandecientes aguas del Nilo hasta las polvorientas callejuelas de El Cairo, Khalifa y Mullray se sumergen cada vez más en un laberinto de violencia, intriga y traición. This is another excellent candidate for the Wasted Potential category. A good premise and an interesting setting are overshadowed at every turn by a thoroughly unlikable protagonist who's a major pain in the backside when she's not dreamy and ga-ga after sex ... with a guy who proves that she is a terrible judge of character who never learns from past mistakes. You know that it's bad when you're barely halfway through a book and you're hoping that the "hero" ends up as carrion in some deep and desolate corner of the Sahara Desert. Beyond that, there are just too many logistical problems and plot holes to mention--beyond saying that there are tons of them. And the ending? Imagine the writer turning over the responsibility for the climax and resolution to an incompetent Hollywood scriptwriter who thinks that James Bond films are the epitome of realism. And then imagine it being even sillier. A good ending might have saved this one; the ending that was offered merely served as another nail in the coffin. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Yusuf Khalifa (1)
In 523 BC, the Persian pharaoh Cambyses dispatched an army across Egypt's western desert to destroy the oracle at Siwa. Legend has it that somewhere in the middle of the Great Dune Sea his army was overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost forever. Two and a half millennia later, a mutilated corpse is washed up on the banks of the Nile at Luxor, an antiques dealer is savagely murdered in Cairo, and a British archaeologist is found dead at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. The incidents appear unconnected, but Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor police is not so sure... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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