Sphinx (novel)
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Sphinx | |
Author | Robin Cook |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Thriller, Novel |
Publisher | Macmillan London Limited |
Publication date | 1979 |
Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
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.
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- IMDb film link: IMDb-Sphinx-1981.