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MATTHEW PEARL - The Poe Shadow. A novel

Title: The Poe Shadow. A novel
Description: Random House, 2006. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 370. "I present to you. the truth about this man`s death and my life."nBaltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe`s own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe`s.nAs Quentin explores the puzzling circumstances of Poe`s demise, he discovers that the writer`s last days are riddled with unanswered questions the police are possibly willfully ignoring. Just when Poe`s death seems destined to remain a mystery, and forever sealing his ignominy, inspiration strikes Quentin"in the form of Poe`s own stories. The young attorney realizes that he must find the one person who can solve the strange case of Poe`s death: the real-life model for Poe`s brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection.nIn short order, Quentin finds himself enmeshed in sinister machinations involving political agents, a female assassin, the corrupt Baltimore slave trade, and the lost secrets of Poe`s final hours. With his own future hanging in the balance, Quentin Clark must turn master investigator himself to unchain his now imperiled fate from that of Poe`s.nFollowing his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch-perfect literary history with innovative mystery to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense. Pearl`s groundbreaking research"featuring documented material never published before"opens a new window on the truth behind Poe`s demise, literary history`s most persistent enigma. The resulting novel is a publishing event that, through sublime craftsmanship, subtle wit, and devious twists, does honor to Poe himself. ISBN: 9781400061037. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9781400061037

Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 67143

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