 First edition Morning Star book cover |
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| Author | Simon Raven |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | First Born of Egypt |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Frederick Muller |
| Publication date | 21 June 1984 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 188 pp (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-85634-138-X (hardback edition) |
Morning Star is Volume I of the novel sequence First Born of Egypt by Simon Raven, published in 1984. Morning Star is set in 1977 and features a large cast of upper class characters. The novel follows on from Raven’s "Alms for Oblivion" novel sequence.
Plot summary
The plot revolves around the behaviour of a 12-year-old boy called Marius Stern, who gets suspended from his boarding school for hitting another boy. Two homosexual friends, Ptolemaeos Tunne and Jeremy Fielding, become infatuated with Marius and probe his odd behaviour. Marius has a nursery crush on Jeremy and persuades him to share his bed, though nothing sexual happens. Marius’ problems are eventually linked to his obsessive masturbating and a tight foreskin.
