''The Gobi Desert'' (French: ''Le Désert de Gobi'') is a 1941

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by the French writer Pierre Benoit.Boisdeffre p.228

Plot

Set in 1928, the plot revolves around two

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n biologists who travel to the Gobi Desert in search of a rare animal, that they are planning to protect from a fascist politician who was overthrown, who plans on sending it to the biggest animal smuggling ring in European history.

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* Pierre de Boisdeffre. ''Une histoire vivante de la littérature d'aujourd'hui, 1939-1960''. Le Livre Contemporain, 1960. 1941 French novels French adventure novels Novels by Pierre Benoit Novels set in deserts Éditions Albin Michel books {{1940s-adventure-novel-stub