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The Athenian Murders
Jose Carlos Somoza
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Description for The Athenian Murders
Paperback. * Inside an ancient Greek murder story lives a modern day literary murder mystery. * A brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224. Good copy with some shelf and age wear
THE ATHENIAN MURDERS is a brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that this wasn't an accident and asks Herakles, known as the 'Decipherer of Enigmas', to investigate the death and ultimately a dark, irrational and subversive cult. The second plot unfolds in parallel through the footnotes of the translator of the text. As he proceeds with his work, he becomes increasingly convinced that the original author has hidden a second meaning, which can be ... Read more
THE ATHENIAN MURDERS is a brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that this wasn't an accident and asks Herakles, known as the 'Decipherer of Enigmas', to investigate the death and ultimately a dark, irrational and subversive cult. The second plot unfolds in parallel through the footnotes of the translator of the text. As he proceeds with his work, he becomes increasingly convinced that the original author has hidden a second meaning, which can be ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349116181
SKU
KAK0011498
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Jose Carlos Somoza
Born in Habana in 1959 Somoza is a qalified psychiatrist but has been writing full-time since 1994. His many awards inc. the Cervantes Theatre Prize & the Cafe Gijon Prize & his novel DAFNE DESVANECIDA was shortlisted for 1 of Spain's most prestigious awards- the Nadal Prize.
Reviews for The Athenian Murders
A delightfully paranoic read on both ancient and modern planes with enough literary cunning to satisfy fans of Nabokov's PALE FIRE as well as THE NAME OF THE ROSE
INDEPENDENT
Extremely subtle and intelligent...totally absorbing
EVENING STANDARD
It works, superbly
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
This is both a riveting historical novel and a subtle, unpretentious ... Read more
INDEPENDENT
Extremely subtle and intelligent...totally absorbing
EVENING STANDARD
It works, superbly
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
This is both a riveting historical novel and a subtle, unpretentious ... Read more