The Nick of Time

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.

Francis King is a prize-winning British novelist, now 80 and the author of more than 40 popular novels, biographies and travel books. He is a former president of International PEN, and has been published in the U.S. by Penguin Books, among others.


Genre: Literary Fiction