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In 1665, with prophecies and portents fortelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest through the countries of the Mediterranean and beyond to find a rare book, entitled The Hundredth Name, that could hold the key to the world's salvation. By the author of The Rock of Tanios.

"A clever picaresque....Splendid, sophisticated fun: Maalouf has a fine grasp of history and a natural's gift for narrative and adventure."

Kirkus, 09/15/2002

"Maalouf has written a novel of ideas in which the ideas are more interesting than the novel....Maalouf's narrative never rises above melodrama....Sadly it seems that Maalouf is too focused on the network of ideas his tale tries, and ultimately fails, to embody. But perhaps that is the point; perhaps stories are always insufficient to bear the weight we place on them."

Daniel Swift, New York Times Book Review, 02/09/2003

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