Mary brought me this book at work today and told me to throw it away because the cover was torn off. She had the cover, so I just taped it back on. It seems to be in good condition. I'll put it in the lending library at work for a while, then maybe read it and release it.

Pre-numbered label used for registration.

FROM THE BACK COVER:

"Astounding, beautifully written... A leap of imagination that crosses three millenia to Pharaonic Egypt and returns that land's essences... the perfumes of its queens... the putrescences of the Nile... war, magic, the gods, death, reincarnation... lusts, ambitions, jealousies, betrayals... There is more to admire and enjoy in these pages than in ten ordinary novels." - USA Today

"Pulses with life, richness, power and daring... Within this complex, often violent...story, the glory and brutality of ancient Egypt unfolds. Mailer's portrayal of Ramses II gives fascinating life to the stone images, and his accounts of the field and the palace are moving, fascinating and ofter uproariously funny." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Surpasses The Executioner's Song... There is...spiritual power in Mailer's fantasy...and there is relevance to current reality in America that actually surpasses that of Mailer's largest previous achievement...." - New York Review of Books


I took this from the Lending Library at work to make room for some new books.