Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Paperback | Pages: 362 pages Rating: 3.81 | 32775 Users | 1877 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Club Dumas |
| Author | : | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 362 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2006 by Mariner Books (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Writing. Books About Books. Cultural. Spain |
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Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found dead, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris on the killer's trail in this twisty intellectual romp through the book worldDescribe Books Supposing The Club Dumas
| Original Title: | El club Dumas ISBN13 9780156032834 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Lucas Corso |
| Setting: | Madrid(Spain) |
| Literary Awards: | Macavity Award Nominee for Best Mystery Novel (1998), Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (1998), Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen (1994), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1998) |
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Ratings: 3.81 From 32775 Users | 1877 ReviewsCrit Based On Books The Club Dumas
I actually read The Club Dumas because I was frustrated with the ending of The Ninth Gate. Roman Polanski made his film like a noir mystery, but never really provided the explanation at the end that you expect from this kind of movie. GrrrrIm glad though that it made me check out this book. I so rarely read contemporary, I would have missed this. The Club Dumas is much different. Unlike the movie there are two books and two stories that run parallel to each other. I love how Arturo pulls you6.0 stars. Another book on my list of "All Time Favorite" novels. This is a book that I started reading with very high expectations and, lo and behold, those expectations were actually met if not exceeded. This book had so many aspects to it that were right in my wheelhouse. First, it is set in the world of rare book collectors with endless references to rare editions to excite the book nerd in us all. Second, there are two related subplots involving (i) an original manuscript of The Three
This book is a confidence trick. I mean that in the most complimentary way possible however; Perez-Reverte takes a perverse delight in not just yanking the rug out from under you but practically rebuilding the house around you while you are reading, without you noticing until it is almost too late!Put simply, this is a Quest novel. The protagonist (Corso) takes the Hero's Journey and all the archetypes are present and correct - indeed, one of them may be more of an archetype than even Corso (or
For the first half of the book I thought I would give it it 5 stars. I loved the writing, the characters and the mystery. Sadly the second half, and mostly the ending, kinda lost me and it turned out to be a bit silly. Too bad... Still, an entertaining read! And I'd recommend it to books and Dumas lovers.
HUH? was my reaction to the end of this book and that is not a good reaction to have. I had such high hopes for this book - the premise seemed so entertaining - set in the world of rare book collecting, a mystery involving both Satan and Dumas. Talk about a let down! The main character, Corso, is so dull, I could care less what happens to him. His one friend - so irritating and their friendship is never explained. And don't get me started on the beautiful young girl who inexplicably falls for
"A beachbook for intellectuals" (N.Y.Times) indeed! Its brilliance is subtle, the prose is accessible, the themes are grand. How hard, really, is the creation of a postmodern "beachbook"? Very. And to wrangle with the conventions without overstepping unto dreaded cliche... And to keep the characters charismatic & vivid... & to keep a labyrinthine mystery going... etc. Very difficult, and this novel does not quite cross into the inanity of Jasper Fforde's terrain nor into the
WHY WAS THIS BOOK ON MY TO-READ SHELF FOR SO LONG!?!!After reading the description and for the first 85% of the book, I thought that this was only going to be a book about a murder mystery that was bookish and based on the works of Alexander Dumas. It was an EXTRAORDINARILY well-written murder mystery, though, and really only ever-so-slightly cheesy, considering the content (c'mon now, how ridiculously hard is it to write a murder mystery based on the works of Dumas and not have it turn out at
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