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![]() | A Cafe on the Nile (1998) (The second book in the Anton Rider series) A novel by Bartle Bull |
Where are the new Casablancas coming from? Here's one possible source. Bartle Bull, a lawyer, publisher, explorer, and writer, centers his latest thriller at the Cataract Cafe, a floating version of Rick's in 1935 Cairo. The owner, Olivio, is a dwarf from Goa, and his regular customers include a stalwart British professional hunter, his unfaithful wife and her lover, an Italian aviator, American twin sisters in search of all kinds of adventure, and various rogue Germans, including a doctor who regrets not being able to use Olivio for medical research. Bull's writing is wry and deceptively simple:
The waiter set before the doctor a glass of warm boiled water and the flesh of a Nile perch, cleaned from the bone and rearranged on the plate in the shape of a smaller fish. The water was pink from the three spoonfuls of vinegar that had been stirred into it, the day's first weapon in his battle with arthritis. The German leaned forward. His high hooked nose hung over the table like a chimney over a fireplace as he widened his nostrils and smelled the fish.Outside the cafe, larger forces are at work: Mussolini is helping to start World War II with his attacks on Abyssinia, and other countries are jockeying for power. By focusing on the lives of a few assorted cafe goers, Bull makes his book add up to much more than a hill of beans--he gives us a rich, exciting picture of a world about to disappear. --Dick Adler
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Hardback Editions
April 1999 : Hardback
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 0-7867-0556-6 / 978-0-7867-0556-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1998 : Hardback
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Bartle Bull Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
2003 : Paperback
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November 1999 : Paperback
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October 1999 : Paperback
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 0-7867-0675-9 / 978-0-7867-0675-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1998 : Paperback
| Title: Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Bartle Bull Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
April 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile (Anton Rider Trilogy) Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 1-4332-0231-X / 978-1-4332-0231-5 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2007 : Audio Cassette
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile (Anton Rider Trilogy) Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 1-4332-0230-1 / 978-1-4332-0230-8 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
April 2010 : Unknown
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 1-4417-3399-X / 978-1-4417-3399-3 Publisher: Playaway Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2007 : CD-ROM
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile (Anton Rider Trilogy) Author(s): Bartle Bull ISBN: 1-4332-0232-8 / 978-1-4332-0232-2 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 1999 : Kindle edition
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Bartle Bull Publisher: Da Capo Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1998 : Unknown
| Title: A Cafe on the Nile Author(s): Publisher: Carroll & Graf, NY Availability: Amazon More details... |
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