'Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour' Sunday Times
'Ingeniously imagined and zestfully written' Literary Review
'A wily protagonist and racing narrative combine for perfect entertainment' Time Out
Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.