As is frequently the case, I'm grateful to Linda for this recommendation. Her post captures perfectly my feelings about this unusual and extremely witty mystery in which no one is who they seem, both in the sense of literal identity and in who individuals believe themselves to be morally and intellectually. Set primarily in the 20s in the period in which Howard Carter opened Tut's treasure trove in the Valley of the Kings, the novel transcends the fun Indiana Jones-ish kitsch of papyrus and mummies to poke at universal human foibles in a way that's oddly cynical and moving at once. Definitely recommended.
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