Murder as a Fine Art: Thomas and Emily De Quincey, cartea 1
Autor David Morrellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 iun 2014
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Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoirConfessions of an English Opium-Eater,is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier.
The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives.
InMurder as a Fine Art,David Morrell plucks De Quincey, Victorian London, and the Ratcliffe Highway murders from history. Fogbound streets become a battleground between a literary star and a brilliant murderer, whose lives are linked by secrets long buried but never forgotten.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316216784
ISBN-10: 031621678X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria Thomas and Emily De Quincey
ISBN-10: 031621678X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria Thomas and Emily De Quincey
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Notă biografică
David
Morrell
is
best
known
for
his
debut
1972
novelFirst
Blood,
which
would
later
become
the
successful
Rambo
film
franchise
starring
Sylvester
Stallone.
He
has
written
28
novels,
and
his
work
has
been
translated
into
26
languages.
He
is
also
a
former
professor
of
American
Literature
at
the
University
of
Iowa
and
received
his
PhD
from
Penn
State.
Recenzii
"A
literary
thriller
that
pushes
the
envelope
of
fear...Morrell's
thorough
and
erudite
research
of
the
people
and
cultures
of
the
British
Empire's
heyday
informs
every
page."—Associated
Press
"Morrell writes action scenes like nobody's business."—New York Times Book Review
"A brilliantly plotted thriller that will take you to the cobble-stoned streets of Victorian London."—Entertainment Weekly
"An absolute master of the thriller."—Dean Koontz
"Military-thriller writer Morrell switches genres here in a riveting novel packed with edifying historical minutiae seamlessly inserted into a story narrated in part by De Quincey's daughter and partly in revealing, dialogue-rich prose."—Booklist, starred review
"Brilliant. Everything works--the horrifying depiction of the murders, the asides explaining the impact of train travel on English society, nail-biting action sequences--making this book an epitome of the intelligent page-turner."—Publishers Weekly(starred review)
"Murder as a Fine Artis a masterpiece-I don't use that word lightly-a fantastic historical thriller, beautifully written, intricately plotted, and populated with unforgettable characters. It brilliantly re-creates the London of gaslit streets, fogs, hansom cabs, and Scotland Yard. If you likedThe Alienist, you will absolutely love this book. I was spellbound from the first page to last."—Douglas Preston, coauthor of the #1 bestsellerCold Vengeance
"London 1854, noxious yellow fogs, reeking slums, intrigues in high places, murders most foul, but instead of Sherlock Holmes solving crimes via the fine art of deduction, we have the historical English Opium-Eater himself, Thomas De Quincey. David Morrell fans-and they are legion-can look forward to celebratingMurder as a Fine Artas one of their favorite author's strongest and boldest books in years."—Dan Simmons, author ofDroodandThe Terror
"Morrell's use of De Quincey's life is absolutely amazing. I literally couldn't put it down: I felt as though I were in Dickens as he described London's fog and in Wilkie Collins when we entered Emily's diary. There were beautiful touches all the way through.Murder as a Fine Artis a triumph."—Robert Morrison, author of The English Opium Eater
"The finest thriller writer living today, bar none."—Steve Berry
"Morrell writes action scenes like nobody's business."—New York Times Book Review
"A brilliantly plotted thriller that will take you to the cobble-stoned streets of Victorian London."—Entertainment Weekly
"An absolute master of the thriller."—Dean Koontz
"Military-thriller writer Morrell switches genres here in a riveting novel packed with edifying historical minutiae seamlessly inserted into a story narrated in part by De Quincey's daughter and partly in revealing, dialogue-rich prose."—Booklist, starred review
"Brilliant. Everything works--the horrifying depiction of the murders, the asides explaining the impact of train travel on English society, nail-biting action sequences--making this book an epitome of the intelligent page-turner."—Publishers Weekly(starred review)
"Murder as a Fine Artis a masterpiece-I don't use that word lightly-a fantastic historical thriller, beautifully written, intricately plotted, and populated with unforgettable characters. It brilliantly re-creates the London of gaslit streets, fogs, hansom cabs, and Scotland Yard. If you likedThe Alienist, you will absolutely love this book. I was spellbound from the first page to last."—Douglas Preston, coauthor of the #1 bestsellerCold Vengeance
"London 1854, noxious yellow fogs, reeking slums, intrigues in high places, murders most foul, but instead of Sherlock Holmes solving crimes via the fine art of deduction, we have the historical English Opium-Eater himself, Thomas De Quincey. David Morrell fans-and they are legion-can look forward to celebratingMurder as a Fine Artas one of their favorite author's strongest and boldest books in years."—Dan Simmons, author ofDroodandThe Terror
"Morrell's use of De Quincey's life is absolutely amazing. I literally couldn't put it down: I felt as though I were in Dickens as he described London's fog and in Wilkie Collins when we entered Emily's diary. There were beautiful touches all the way through.Murder as a Fine Artis a triumph."—Robert Morrison, author of The English Opium Eater
"The finest thriller writer living today, bar none."—Steve Berry
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The notorious author Thomas De Quincey turns detective in a harrowing Victorian thriller from master storyteller David Morrell, which won the Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery 2014.
The notorious author Thomas De Quincey turns detective in a harrowing Victorian thriller from master storyteller David Morrell, which won the Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery 2014.