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| 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) |
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Paperback | Pages: 362 pages Rating: 3.81 | 32775 Users | 1877 Reviews
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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 world
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| Title | : | The Club Dumas |
| Author | : | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special 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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Ratings: 3.81 From 32775 Users | 1877 ReviewsComment On Containing Books The Club Dumas
I wanted to love this book, since I'm a big fan of Dumas and the author of this book is very talented, but I couldn't, didn't like the end and the characters.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 decent thriller built around a well developed Literary Detective - hard edged, cynical, gin swilling Lucas Corso. Arturo Perez Reverte joins with his debut novel a club of writers for book lovers who built their stories around rare books, dusty libraries, obscure texts or frequent references to popular novels. I'm talking about Umberto Eco, who gets a nod in the Club Dumas and may have inspired the author, and of the likes of Jasper Fforde and Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I've considered and discarded
I liked this. I really, really liked this. Give me some modern day people figuring out hidden meanings in classical literature, and Im all over it. Thank you, Sean Gibson, for suggesting this to me. It was PERFECT.
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
This book is an homage to the swashbuckling adventure story, particularly the Three Musketeers like stories of Alexandre Dumas, pere. But I recommend it to anyone with a deep love for books (... which I would assume would be anyone who has taken the time to join this site in the first place...). I think that you'll recognize yourself in some of the characters, even in their most ridiculous adventures. I found myself variously giggling aloud, gasping in shock, and turning pages faster and faster
One of those books that get better as they progress. A very surprising ending. Recommended if you're into books about books and thrillers.
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