A Cafe On The Nile

east Africa, 1935. A Nation Sits At The Brink Of War, A City Is Fraught With Conspiracy, And At The Cataract Café In Cairo, A Colorful Cast Of Characters - Professional Hunter Anton Rider, His Estranged Wife And Her Italian Lover, The Pampered American Twins Bernadette And Harriet Mills, A German Freebooter Who Has Stolen A Fortune In Silver From The Italian Army, The Goan Dwarf And Café Proprietor Olivio Alevado - Gathers To Gamble With Destiny.
pulses With Entertainment Value . . . The Sort Of Yarn That Can Keep You Up Late At Night . . . [a] Spirited, Sensuous, Hot-blooded Evocation Of A Rich And Eventful Historical World - Richard Bernstein, New York Times
a Breathtakingly Entertaining Historical Novel . . . Packed With Daring Exploits And Sinister Intrigues, With Larger-than-life Characters And Exotic Locales - Orlando Sentinel
an Enthralling Novel - Booklist
[a] Rattling Good Blockbuster Yarn - Publishers Weekly
a Café On The Nile Achieves The Aim Of Fiction: The Reader Gladly Suspends Disbelief. - Houston Chronicle
[bull] Is A Terrific Novelist. - San Jose Mercury News

usa Today - Ann Prichard

bull Enriches The Mix With A White-hot Plot And Genuinely Dashing Descriptive Writing. In Short, a Cafe On The Nile Is One Truly Excellent African Adventure.

Author : Bartle Bull

Publisher : Da Capo Press

Published Year : 1999

Edition : 1

Format : Paperback, 480 pages

ISBN : 0786706759

ISBN13 : 9780786706754