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 Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:29 pm
This was an awesome book to read, in my opinion! It's one of my favorites now. Has anyone else had the pleasure of perusing this volume? What did you think about it?
A plot sypnosis for the curious:
Lucas Corso is a book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, 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 after a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris in pursuit of a sinister and seemingly omniscient killer.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:13 am
Sounds like something to add to my "to-read" list. It was also written before The DaVinci Code, which means it's not just another knock-off of that style.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:59 pm
Yes, I recommend it! It's a pity that the film adaptation, The Ninth Gate, left out the entire Alexandre Dumas/Three Musketeers storyline. That would have made the movie much better.
I think that Corso is a very likeable protagonist. Sure he has to be a bit shrewd, but that comes with his line of work.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:03 pm
it sounds very interesting. I'll put it on my to read list
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:19 pm
As Jinx Says...
Wow, now this sounds like a Book I like to read.
Don't Mess With The Priestess!
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