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Description for THE DANTE CLUB
paperback. 8vo. Very good copy
Before Inferno came The Dante Club…the captivating thriller from the writer whose fans include Dan Brown, Jed Rubenfeld, Kate Mosse and Tess Gerritsen Boston, 1865. A small group of elite scholars prepare to introduce Dante’s vision of hell to America. Meanwhile a ruthless killer plots in secret to do the same. When a series of murders erupts through Boston and Cambridge, only this small group are able to decipher the clues – they soon realise the gruesome killings are symbols modeled on the descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's Inferno. With the police baffled, lives endangered ... Read more
Before Inferno came The Dante Club…the captivating thriller from the writer whose fans include Dan Brown, Jed Rubenfeld, Kate Mosse and Tess Gerritsen Boston, 1865. A small group of elite scholars prepare to introduce Dante’s vision of hell to America. Meanwhile a ruthless killer plots in secret to do the same. When a series of murders erupts through Boston and Cambridge, only this small group are able to decipher the clues – they soon realise the gruesome killings are symbols modeled on the descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's Inferno. With the police baffled, lives endangered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099465980
SKU
KEX0287570
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl is the internationally bestselling author of The Dante Club, published in more than thirty languages and forty countries, The Poe Shadow and, most recently, The Last Dickens. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taught literature at Harvard and at Emerson College.
Reviews for THE DANTE CLUB
"With intricate plots, classical themes, and erudite characters...what's not to love?"
Dan Brown, author of Inferno and The Da Vinci Code
"There are some great twists in the plot and the chase is genuinely thrilling...an unusually arresting piece of crime fiction"
Toby Clements
Daily Telegraph
"The momentum of his plot is irresistible...a most inventive page-turner" ... Read more
Dan Brown, author of Inferno and The Da Vinci Code
"There are some great twists in the plot and the chase is genuinely thrilling...an unusually arresting piece of crime fiction"
Toby Clements
Daily Telegraph
"The momentum of his plot is irresistible...a most inventive page-turner" ... Read more