Morning Star (Raven novel)
First edition Morning Star book cover | |
Author | Simon Raven |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | First Born of Egypt |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Frederick Muller |
Publication date | 21 June 1984 |
Media type | Hardback and paperback |
Pages | 188 pp (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 0-85634-138-X (hardback edition) |
OCLC | 16277397 |
823/.914 20 | |
LC Class | PR6068.A9 M67 1984 |
Morning Star is Volume I of the novel sequence First Born of Egypt by Simon Raven, published in 1984.
Set in 1977, the novel features a large cast of upper-class characters and continues the story from Raven’s Alms for Oblivion novel sequence.
Plot summary
The plot revolves around the behaviour of a 12-year-old boy called Marius Stern, who is suspended from his boarding school for hitting another boy. Scientist Ptolemaeos Tunne, with the assistance of Jeremy Morrison, attempt to get to the bottom of Marius' behaviour. Marius has a crush on Jeremy and persuades him to share his bed, though nothing sexual happens.
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