The Nick of Time

The Nick of Time

by Francis King (Author)

Synopsis

'It was though God had sent it to me,' Meg said to her sister Sylvia, about her first encounter with Ahmad. 'More like the devil,' Sylvia had thought but not said. Francis King's entertaining new novel looks at the havoc wrought when a young Egyptian - an illegal immigrant - finds himself in London. Ahmad leads a double life, befriending and lodging with an elderly woman who suffers from MS; while at the same time throwing himself onto the London gay scene. Jealousy looms when he begins a relationship with a gay protector - and is arrested because of his illegal status.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Published: 01 Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 1900850788
ISBN 13: 9781900850780

Media Reviews
'There are not many 78-year-olds capable of surprising their audience, but King is one of them' - D.J. Taylor, Independent 'That rare phenomenon, a novel by a gnarled old literary presence that extends rather than consolidates his reputation. Very good' - D.J. Taylor, Independent 'One of our great writers, of the calibre of Graham Greene and Nabokov' - Beryl Bainbridge, BBC Today Programme
Author Bio
Francis King is a former International President of PEN and drama critic of the Sunday Telegraph. His numerous prize-winning novels include Act of Darkness, Dead Letters and The One and Only. Arcadia published Prodigies to great acclaim in 2001.