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Robert Irwin

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born

January 01, 1946 in The United Kingdom

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History, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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Robert Irwin was born in 1946. He read Modern History at Oxford and taught Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. He also lectured on Arabic and Middle Eastern History at the universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford. He is the commissioning editor for the TLS for The Middle East and writes for a number of newspapers and journals in the UK and the USA.

Robert Irwin goes rollerblading most days and takes part in rollerblading marathons.His other pursuits include juggling, pinball and cooking.

He has published six novels: The Arabian Nightmare (1983), The Limits of Vision (1986), The Mysteries of Algiers (1988), Exquisite Corpse (1995), Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh (1997) and Satan Wants Me (1999). He is the author of six works of...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 1,347 ratings · 128 reviews · 114 distinct works

	The Arabian Nightmare 3.90 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Exquisite Corpse 3.79 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Satan Wants Me 3.84 avg rating — 61 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Arabian Nights: A Companion 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Night & Horses & the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Prayer Cushion Of The Flesh 2.97 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Mysteries of Algiers 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Buy Your First Home! 3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“In the realm of the phenomenal, "less is more" only when less is the sum total of more.”
― Robert Irwin

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“One day he became conscious that something was following him, a lazy white dog, a bitch with heavy dugs, padded behind him, whining continuously. When Balian sat collapsed in the shadows of the houses, the dog would circle him, breathing heavily and whining, her lips hanging loose in a sly sort of grin. In streets, in deserted ruins and in crowded market places Balian was aware that a flabby white shadow trailed behind him, and at nights, when Balian slept in the open, the dog would lie down too at a distance, panting in the hot night air.”
― Robert Irwin, The Arabian Nightmare

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