Death of an Effendi by Michael Pearce

Death of an Effendi by Michael Pearce

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Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.

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Death of an Effendi by Michael Pearce

Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.

Praise for Michael Pearce:

`Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour’ Sunday Times

`Marvellously convoluted… Dryly and deeply funny’ Literary Review

`The beguiling Mamur Zapt sleuths around turn-of-the-century Cairo with verve and panache’ Time Out

`Impeccable historical details … enjoyable reading’ Sunday Telegraph

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

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ISBN 13 9780006513278
ISBN 10 0006513271
Title Death of an Effendi
Author Michael Pearce
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2000-06-19
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.