The Dumas Club
The Dumas Club
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Published:
5 June, 1997
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Description
Every book hides a curse - and someone willing to pay the price.
When a rare-book dealer is found dead after selling a manuscript of The Three Musketeers, investigator Lucas Corso follows a trail of forgery, satanic texts and obsession across Europe.
Blending history, mystery and menace, Pérez-Reverte’s The Dumas Club is both homage and warning - a cerebral thriller about collectors who’ll trade their souls for a first edition.
‘Stylish, intelligent and utterly absorbing’ The Times
‘A riveting literary mystery steeped in intrigue and danger’ El País
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099448594 |
| ISBN10 | 0099448599 |
| Number Of Pages | 336 |
| Item Weight | 235 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A dizzyingly complicated, dazzlingly allusive, breathlessly exciting novel of adventure and detection -- Michael Kerrigan * Scotsman *
A noir meta-fiction. Even a reader armed with a Latin dictionary and a copy of The Three Musketeers cannot anticipate the thrilling twists of this Escher-like mystery * New Yorker *
A sophisticated and exciting intellectual game which brilliantly illustrates the sheer delight of fiction -- Stephanie Merritt * Daily Telegraph *
A rip-roaring entertainment - tongue in cheek and sword in hand * Mail on Sunday *
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Author's Bio
Arturo Peréz-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. Since the publication of The Fencing Master, his first novel, Pérez-Reverte has become one of Europe's bestselling authors. The Flanders Panel was awarded the Grand Prix Annuel de Litterature Policiere in France. His novel The Dumas Club has been made into the film The Ninth Gate by Roman Polanski, starring Johnny Depp.