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Description edit
East Africa, 1935. A nation sits at the brink of war, a city is fraught with conspiracy, and at the Cataract Caf 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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anton Rider: Add a description of this character.
- Gwenn
- Colonel Grimaldi
- Harriet
- Adam Penfold
- Lorenzo
- Olivio
- Bernadette
- Uzielli
- Kimathi
- Tariq
- Charlie
- Denby
- Ernst
- Tarig
- Theodorus
- Dr. Fergus
- Harry
- Malcolm
- Dr. Hanger
- Petros
- Ephraim
- Gretel
- Klein
- Mussolini
- Hadi
- Macchi
- Razorhead
- Bruno
- Don Juan
- Haqim
- Berny
- Diwani
- Michel
- Von Decken
- Calandro
- Josef
- Tlaga
- Balbo
- Maurice
- Charles
- Mario
- Makalle
- Jules
Setting & Locations edit
- East Africa
- Cairo
- Abyssinia
- Kenya
- Italy
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Rome
- Libya
- Addis
- Musa Bey Halaib
- Goa
- Massawa
- England
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Potez
- Wellington
- Adowa
- Alexandria
- Lake Zwai
- Germany
- Zurich
- Italian Somaliland
- Beretta
- Europe
- Tanganyika
- Bersaglieri
- Harar
- Kentucky
- London
- Sudan
- India
- Paris
- Bedford
- France
- Capronis
- Wales
- Russia
- Ras
- Amharic
- Mogadishu
- Lexington
- Port Said
- Carcano
- Britain
- Geneva
First Sentence edit
The Cataract Cafe rocked gently in the wake of a police launch, the lavish hemp coils of her port bumpers protecting the broad barge from the cracked stonework of her fashionable mooring on the Nile.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 1 in Anton Rider Trilogy. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Bartle Bull (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Carroll & Garf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0786705566
Page Count: 466
Publisher: Carroll & Garf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0786705566
Page Count: 466
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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