The Club Dumas
An artful mystery surrounding a rare esoteric book and a secret society bent on inducting a new member. Illustrated plates representing each plate in the 'Ninth Gate', and signed by the Author.
An artful mystery surrounding a rare esoteric book and a secret society bent on inducting a new member.
Illustrated plates representing each plate in the 'Ninth Gate', and signed by the Author.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781596062924
Publish date: March 2010
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Pages no: 327
Edition language: English
bookshelves: fraudio, mystery-thriller, books-about-books-and-book-shops Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: vivienne Read in January, 2009 oooh lots of mumbo jumbo and an albino henchman - fab stuff! It seems that I will need to go hunting for a Depp film and that never hurts my eyes. Lucas Corso is...
A very enjoyable read for all booklovers.I first watched the movie - The Ninth Gate - and actually had no idea that it was based on a book. Both are quite different however so the watching the movie first doesn't spoil the book. In the movie the title-giving Club Dumas doesn't exist and the focus is...
Okay interesting, this is the book that the film "The Ninth Gate" was based on, I prefered the film, the book came across as a bit laboured. Possibly me tho'.
This was my first Arturo Pérez-Reverte but definitely not my last. I quickly acquired the back list of his books for the library and we started promoting his novels. He's one of my all time favourite writers and a new title by him is always welcome with smiles. This caper of a novel has lots going f...
Three and a half? Four minus?It's good fun for those who love books, and parts of it are quite suspenseful. The ending was unsatisfying, though, and I felt the need to go back and start compiling a list of characters, as it got rather confusing. I would have had a difficult time following the sto...