by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Flanders Panel would probably be shelved in mainstream lit, but it is in fact a mystery, and a very good one.Art expert Julia is commissioned to retore a 15th century minormasterpiece called The Game Of Chess, which includes, naturallyenough, a game of chess between two historical people, one of...
Huh. Well, I didn't see that reveal coming! [a:Arturo Pérez-Reverte|40398|Arturo Pérez-Reverte|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1223406250p2/40398.jpg] certainly did a great job of keeping me guessing as to who done it!The Flanders Panel was an interesting yet odd book for me. I found the passages ...
An erudite and gripping thriller, Arturo Perez-Reverte’s The Flanders Panel uses two arguably low-key elements (art restoration and chess) and turns them into the building blocks for an intelligent puzzle. I tore through my copy of this book in a couple of days until the reveal at the end, swept awa...
My friend Cathy (also a chessplayer) told me I had to read this, and she was indeed right. I couldn't put it down, and finished it in about a day. It's... well, what is it? I read it as a kind of postmodernist reimagining of Alice Through The Looking-Glass. Other books I immediately thought of were ...
Found this for a dollar at an awesome new used bookstore! Yay Recycled Reads!
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