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Sphinx
	First edition (US)
Author	Robin Cook
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Putnam (US); Macmillan (UK)
Publication date	1979
Publication place	United States
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.^[3]

References

^ Cook, Robin (January 1983). Sphinx. Penguin. ISBN 9780451159496.
^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (January 21, 1996). "TALKING MONEY WITH: DR. ROBIN COOK". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
^ Schaffner, Franklin J. (1981-02-11), Sphinx (Adventure, Mystery, Thriller), Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, Orion Pictures, S & L Films, retrieved 2023-06-01

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[1] Cook, Robin (January 1983). Sphinx. Penguin. ISBN 9780451159496.

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

[3] Schaffner, Franklin J. (1981-02-11), Sphinx (Adventure, Mystery, Thriller), Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, Orion Pictures, S & L Films, retrieved 2023-06-01

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Sphinx (novel)

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