Sphinx (novel)

Sphinx
	First edition (US)
Author	Robin Cook
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Putnam (US); Macmillan (UK)
Publication date	1979
Media type	Print (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.

References[]

^ "Sphinx". google.com.
^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (January 21, 1996). "TALKING MONEY WITH: DR. ROBIN COOK". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

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[1] "Sphinx". google.com.

[2] Fabrikant, Geraldine (January 21, 1996). "TALKING MONEY WITH: DR. ROBIN COOK". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

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v t Novels by Robin Cook
Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series	Blindsight (1992) Contagion (1995) Chromosome 6 (1997) Vector (1999) Marker (2005) Crisis (2006) Critical (2007) Foreign Body (2008) Intervention (2009) (2010) Pandemic (2018)
Other novels	Year of the Intern (1972) Coma (1977) Sphinx (1979) Brain (1980) Fever (1982) Godplayer (1983) Mindbend (1985) Outbreak (1987) Mortal Fear (1988) Mutation (1989) Harmful Intent (1990) Vital Signs (1991) Terminal (1993) Acceptable Risk (1994) Fatal Cure (1994) Invasion (1997) Toxin (1998) Abduction (2000) Shock (2001) Seizure (2003) (2011) (2013) (2014) (2015) (2017)
Adaptations of works	Coma (1978 film) Sphinx (1981 film) Virus (1995 film) Invasion (1997 miniseries) Foreign Body (2008 web series) Coma (2012 miniseries)