![]() ![]() John and Philippa Gaunt, two twelve-year-old not-very-identical twins, live a privileged life on the Upper East of Manhattan with their wealthy parents and two curiously-mannered Rottweilers named Alan and Neil. The first installment of his Children of the Lamp sequence is set firmly in the present day, but it soon breaks away and encompasses several wonderfully colorful parts of the globe, England and Egypt included. The way the author introduces his cleverly named characters, the atmospheric setting, the fun tone of his narration-all indicate that a hugely entertaining story is in store. Kerr had great fun writing his novel, The Akhenaten Adventure. You can tell from the very first page that P. ![]()
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