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Name: Dr Ragab's Universal Language

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Dr Ragab is a mysterious man. Talked about by pretty much everyone in 1920s Cairo, only a few get the chance to make the doctor's acquaintance, and fewer still--one person, in fact--get to study his life lessons first-hand. Hertwig is that lucky soul. Or not so lucky, perhaps: not when he finds himself imprisoned in a German bunker just after the Second World War. To make matters worse, it's not just any old bunker; it's Hertwig's own bunker, and 100% escape-proof. And yet . . . there is a possible way out. Not in the conventional sense, maybe, but convention isn't always a good thing, as Dr Ragab would be the first to note--and it's his Universal Language that may just provide Hertwig with the escape route he needs.

As unconventional as the eponymous Ragab, Robert Twigger's novel takes the reader on a surreal journey that starts in modern-day England but spans continents and decades; part tall tale, part mystery and, in every sense, completely fabulous, Dr Ragab's Universal Language will open doors you never even knew existed. . . .