Pascali's Island (novel)

Pascali's Island  

1st edition
Author(s) Barry Unsworth
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date 1980
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 189 pp (first UK edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-7181-1854-5 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC Number 8365961
LC Classification PR6071.N8 P37x 1980c
Preceded by The Big Day
Followed by The Rage of the Vulture

Pascali's Island is a novel by Barry Unsworth, first published in 1980. The first United States publication of the book by Simon & Schuster was titled The Idol Hunter.

The film version, produced in (1988), was written and directed by James Dearden. It stars Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance and Helen Mirren.

The novel is set in an island which is an outpost of the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Basil Pascali is a spy who reports regularly to Istanbul on the activities of the local people. He expects to be found out at any moment. When an English archaeologist arrives on the island, Pascali is suspicious of him, and the archaeologist's involvement with the woman Pascali loves creates further tensions.

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