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THE POE SHADOW
by Pearl, Matthew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400061032
- ISBN 13
- 9781400061037
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 2006 Pearl's second novel is a fitting successor to "The Dante Club," his best-selling debut novel. In "The Poe Shadow," a young Baltimore lawyer, Quentin Clark, puts his own career and reputation at risk in his attempt to salvage Poe's, now dead and buried in an unmarked grave. First Printing, first edition stated, with a complete numberline ending in "1." About 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 364 pages plus short historical note and acknowledgments in black paper-cover boards with gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel featues image of top-hatted man alone in cloister hall; back panel contains five blurbs praising Pearl and his fiction. Boards and text show a very slight spine lean, edges clean and undamaged; no tears or creases; no underlining or highlighting. Dj shows no tearing, no scratching;, no creasing. A very nice copy of this promising author's second novel.
Synopsis
"I present to you . . . the truth about this man's death and my life."Baltimore, 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.As 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.In 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.Following 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 himselfFrom the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006191
- Title
- THE POE SHADOW
- Author
- Pearl, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400061032
- ISBN 13
- 9781400061037
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- mystery, historical thriller, Baltimore 19th century America, Edgar Allan Poe, writers.
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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