Книга: Raymond Khoury «The Sign»

The Sign

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A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet's eco-coffin. Then someone calls out, pointing at something up in the sky overhead. The camera pans up and they look up to see a blazing symbol clear, burning high over the bleak, deserted terrain. Thus begins a series of strange events worldwide as the mysterious sign appears over the sites of conflict, natural disasters and terrorist atrocities. What can it portend? The world is wracked with both fear and hope. Suddenly, all this is focused onto one man. An obscure monk who recognises the symbol from the past and understands what it means for the future of humanity. But as he becomes the most sought-after man on the planet, the questions have to be asked: could this be the real deal? Or the most elaborate fake in world history? And - either way - what happens to the world now?

Издательство: "Orion Books" (2005)

ISBN: 978-1-4091-0223-6

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Raymond Khoury

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occupation = novelist, screenwriter
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Raymond Khoury (b. in Lebanon) is a screenwriter and novelist, best known as the author of the 2006 "New York Times" Bestseller "The Last Templar".

Biography

Early years

Raymond Khoury was born in Lebanon but spent his teenage years in Rye, New York, where his family moved in 1975 to escape the Lebanese civil war. Khoury returned to Lebanon after his graduation from Rye Country Day high school to attend the American University of Beirut and study architecture. During his time as a student, he also illustrated several children's books for the Oxford University Press Middle East office. Shortly after Khoury completed his degree, fighting broke out in Lebanon again, and in February 1984 he was evacuated from Beirut by the U.S. Marine Corps aboard a Chinook helicopter.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = About the Author: Bio | work = | publisher = LastTemplar.Com | date = 2006 | url =http://www.lasttemplar.com/author/author.asp | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-20 ]

Early career

After a few months working at a small architectural firm in London, Khoury moved to Fontainebleau, France, where he earned an MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD). Upon his graduation he returned to London, working in investment banking. It was through this unlikely career path that Khoury became interested in writing, as Khoury was introduced to a Wall Street investment banker who developed screeplays in his spare time. Taking an idea of his that the two jointly developed, Khoury wrote a screenplay which was a finalist for a Fulbright Fellowship in Screenwriting. His second writing attempt, a semi-autobiographical account of his college years in war-torn Lebanon was also shortlisted for the same award.

In 1996, Khoury optioned the rights to the Melvyn Bragg novel "The Maid of Buttermere" and wrote the screenplay adaptation of it. Robert DeNiro soon announced to Variety that he would be producing the movie and playing the lead role. Khoury has also written for the BBC shows "Spooks" (known as "MI:5" in the United States) and "Waking the Dead".

Novels

During the early days of his screenwriting career, before he was even able to attract an agent, Khoury completed a screenplay he called "The Last Templar", an "epic" thriller about a search for the lost treasure of the Knights Templar. After eighteen months of research and writing, Khoury lent the script to a friend who immediately suggested that Khoury turn it into a novel. With Khoury's permission, the friend submitted the screenplay to a book agent. Within a few months (in 1996), Khoury was offered a six-figure advance by a major publisher to create a book based on the screenplay, with the stipulation that the book exclude all references to religion. Although at that time Khoury had not sold any of his other writing work, he declined the money and the book deal.cite web | last = Schaftt | first = Lars | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Author Interview | work = | publisher = LastTemplar.Com | date = 2006 | url =http://www.lasttemplar.com/author/interview.asp | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-20 ]

His pet screenplay set aside, Khoury worked on his screenplays for several years, building a successful career for himself in London and in Hollywood, before a new agent at the William Morris Agency, who he had joined at that point, read his screenplay of "The Last Templar" and encouraged him to adapt it into a novel. Finally, in September 2002, Khoury began researching and writing the novelized version of his screenplay, which took three years to write. The novel sold quickly, and was first released in the UK in 2005. It soon became a "New York Times" Bestseller, spending 11 weeks on the hardcover fiction list, and a Number 1 bestseller overseas. It has been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in over forty countries.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = International Editions | work = | publisher = LastTemplar.Com | date = 2006 | url =http://www.lasttemplar.com/book/international.asp | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-20 ] Although the book shares some general thematic concepts with those of "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown, Khoury devised his plot before Brown's novels were released.

Khoury was raised Roman Catholic but does not consider himself to be particularly religious.

Current Events

Following the release of "The Sanctuary" in August 2007, Khoury is working on his third novel. He lives in London with his wife and their two young daughters.

Works

Novels

*"The Last Templar" (2005)
*"The Sanctuary" (August 2007)
* The Gift (Winter 2009)

ources

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1308632/ Raymond Khoury at IMDB]
* [http://www.raymondkhoury.com Raymond Khoury Official Website]

Источник: Raymond Khoury

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