The Dumas Club
Arturo Perez Reverte
Really good, very enjoyable. A thriller set in the world of
antiquarian books, the main character is a book finder who gets
two commissions, one concerning a part of the original manuscript
of "The Three Musketeers" and the other about a very rare book on
the occult. The conclusion involves the character of a fallen
angel. Seán would definitely read other books by this
author.
Seán 23/11/03
Wonderful. The book was written in Spanish and set on the
continent, and it's a very complicated, multi-layered whodunnit.
The translation is excellent and you even warm to the main
character, who is really quite unpleasant.
Recommended.
Caroline 26/9/04
Pretentious, irritating: the story swaps about so much it is
unreadable.
Doreen 24/10/04
By the same author
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.