The Existential Detective
William Blake is a private detective in Portobello. When he agrees to investigate the disappearance of Louise, the wife of scientist Dr Adam Verver, he finds himself entangled in layers of deceptions and disappearances that lead him inexorably back to unsolved mysteries in his own past.
William Blake is a private detective in Portobello. When he agrees to investigate the disappearance of Louise, the wife of scientist Dr Adam Verver, he finds himself entangled in layers of deceptions and disappearances that lead him inexorably back to unsolved mysteries in his own past.
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ISBN:
9781906120511 (190612051X)
Edition language: English
I can't decide whether I really loathed this: the pretentious, intuitive, emotionally in-touch detective who also happens to be in the middle of a nervous breakdown; the over-use of adjectives and metaphors; the ludicrous plot line (why didn't they go to the police); the fact I worked out very quick...
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