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The Book of Air and Shadows : A Novel
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The Book of Air and Shadows
Author(s): Michael Gruber
Review(s):
“Few thrillers will surpass [this book] when it comes to energetic writing, compellingly flawed characters, literary scholarship and mathematical conundrums.”
“A smart thriller. Gruber’s themes may be lofty but his people are fully fleshed. An engaging adventure.”
“If you love books, make room on the shelf for a new guilty pleasure.”
“An intricately crafted and literate work (that) should give the (thriller) genre a good shake.”
“Fearless, intricate and intelligent. Stylish and confident prose. Dialogue that respects a reader’s intelligence. A smart and original plot.”
“A dead genius, a sleuthing couple with romantic chemistry, and some bad guys...it’s a fun party.”
“Very good...ingenious and suspenseful.”
“Entertaining. A wild ride.”
“Smart and irreverent.”
“(An) intoxicating mix of fact, fiction, secret codes and ancient conspiracies...well-written and cleverly told. A terrific thriller.”
ISBN: 9780061456572
Author(s): Michael Gruber
A fire destroys a New York City rare bookstore—and reveals clues to a treasure worth killing for. . . . A disgraced scholar is found tortured to death. . . . And those pursuing the most valuable literary find in history are about to cross from the harmless mundane into inescapable nightmare.
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Tropic of Night comes a breathtaking thriller that twists, shocks, and surprises at every turn as it crisscrosses centuries, from the glaring violence of today into the dark shadows of truth and lies surrounding the greatest writer the world has ever known.
Review(s):
“Few thrillers will surpass [this book] when it comes to energetic writing, compellingly flawed characters, literary scholarship and mathematical conundrums.”
“A smart thriller. Gruber’s themes may be lofty but his people are fully fleshed. An engaging adventure.”
“If you love books, make room on the shelf for a new guilty pleasure.”
“An intricately crafted and literate work (that) should give the (thriller) genre a good shake.”
“Fearless, intricate and intelligent. Stylish and confident prose. Dialogue that respects a reader’s intelligence. A smart and original plot.”
“A dead genius, a sleuthing couple with romantic chemistry, and some bad guys...it’s a fun party.”
“Very good...ingenious and suspenseful.”
“Entertaining. A wild ride.”
“Smart and irreverent.”
“(An) intoxicating mix of fact, fiction, secret codes and ancient conspiracies...well-written and cleverly told. A terrific thriller.”
ISBN: 9780061456572