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Автор: Matthew Pearl
Название: Poe shadow
Перевод названия: Тень По
ISBN: 9780099507246
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0099507242
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, even Poes family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who died a drunkard.

But none of this deters a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who risks his own career and reputation in a passionate crusade to salvage Poes.

Clark discovers that Poes last days are riddled with vital unanswered questions. The police, it seems, may be concealing things. But just when Poes death looks destined to remain a mystery Quentin realises he must find the one person who can solve this strange case: the real-life model for Poes brilliant fictional detective character, C.

Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection.

Clark successfully recruits the man he believes to have inspired Poes Dupin only to be confronted by another claiming to be the true model and a dangerous race between the two master detectives begins, each seeking to prove he is the real Dupin by solving the mystery of Poes death. In short order, Clark finds himself enmeshed in sinister machinations involving international political agents, a female assassin, the corrupt Baltimore slave trade and the lost secrets of Poes final hours. With his own future hanging in the balance, he must turn master investigator himself to unchain his now imperiled fate from that of Poe.

The Poe Shadow is a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense which opens a thrilling new window on the truth behind Poes demise, literary historys most persistent enigma.

Poe shadow, Matthew Pearl