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The Dante Club
Historical Mystery
by Matthew Pearl
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Pub Date Dec 31 2011 | Archive Date Jun 30 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
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 and Dante's literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence and find a way to stop the killer.
‘An immensely gifted author’ Dan Brown, bestselling author of Inferno and The Da Vinci Code
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition - available in the UK, C/Wealth ex Can.
Advance Praise
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 - Daily Telegraph
The momentum of his plot is irresistible...a most inventive page-turner - Observer
Audacious and captivating...truly admirable - Esquire
Ingenious - New Yorker
Ingenious... Sparkling with erudition - New York Times
A fascinating, erudite and highly entertaining account of a remarkable moment in American literary history
Not since Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose has
a literary novel of such scholarly density enjoyed international
success on quite such a massive scale... The momentum of his plot is
irresistible...a most inventive page-turner - Observer
Brilliant
and erudite thriller... Pearl is a young Dante expert...this is his
first book and he knows how to sustain a narrative. Perfect for reading
before the flickering fire - Word Magazine
Working
on a vast canvas, Mr. Pearl keeps this mystery sparkling with
erudition...with this captivating brain teaser as his debut novel, seems
also to have put his life's work on the line in melding scholarship
with mystery. He does justice to both - New York Times
Audacious and captivating. - Esquire
Pearl's
scholarly background is evident in the erudite detail he weaves into
his fictional narrative, adding texture and complexity - Times Literary Supplement
A
brilliant literary novel which manages to be academic without being
dull, combining as it does scholarly density with page-turning suspense -
The Sunday Tribune
There are some great twists in the plot and the chase is genuinely thrilling...an unusually arresting piece of crime fiction - Daily Telegraph
Matthew
Pearl is the new shining star of literary fiction - a heady, inventive,
and immensely gifted author. With intricate plots, classical themes,
and erudite characters...what's not to love? - Dan Brown
Startlingly inventive - Washington Post
Erudite and enlightening...a most unexpected delight. Intellectual, yet accessible. A scholarly read to bring to the beach - Irish Times
Marketing Plan
A gripping thriller set in Boston, from the writer whose legion of fans include Dan Brown and Jed Rubenfeld
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Originally published ten years ago, The Dante Club was a New York Times top ten bestseller, the Vintage edition sold 140,000 copies and has now been published in 40 countries
Now repackaged on its tenth anniversary for a new generation
Matthew Peal is an exceptional writer, his fans include Dan Brown, Jed Rubenfeld, Kate Mosse and Tess Gerritsen
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781448129423 |
PRICE | £12.98 (GBP) |