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Prize-winning British novelist now 80 years old and the author of over 40 popular novels, biographies and travel books. Francis King is a former president of International PEN, who has been published in the US by Penguin Books, among others.
Francis King's entertaining new novel looks at the havoc wrought when a young Egyptian -- an illegal -immigrant -- finds himself in London. Ahmad leads a double life, befriending and lodging with an elderly woman who suffers from MS; while at the same time throwing himself onto the London gay scene. Jealousy looms when he begins a relationship with a gay protector -- and is arrested because of his illegal status.
Francis King is a prize-winning British novelist, now 80 and the author of more than 40 popular novels, biographies and travel books. He is a former president of International PEN, and has been published in the U.S. by Penguin Books, among others.
About the Author
Prize-winning British novelist now 80 years old and the author of over 40 popular novels, biographies and travel books. Francis King is a former president of International PEN, who has been published in the US by Penguin Books, among others.
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'It was as though God had sent him to me,' Meg said to her sister Sylvia, about her first encounter with Mehmet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Home Office, Miss Carter, Brompton Square, Lady Muck, Advice Bureau, East Europeans, Marble Arch,
'It was as though God had sent him to me,' Meg said to her sister Sylvia, about her first encounter with Mehmet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Home Office, Miss Carter, Brompton Square, Lady Muck, Advice Bureau, East Europeans, Marble Arch,