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‘Creates an atmosphere close to Sarah Waters’ “Fingersmith” in the convincing depiction of a sadistic underworld. Taylor’s deeply absorbing and beautifully written book is a fitting tribute to the founding father of crime fiction.’ Independent
‘A most artful and delightful book, that will both amuse and chill, and it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Taylor spins a magnificent tangential web...The book is full of sharply-etched details evoking Dickensian London and is also a love story, shot through with the pain of a penniless and despised lover. This novel has the literary values which should take it to the top of the lists.’ Scotland on Sunday
‘It is as if Taylor has used the great master of the bizarre as both starting- and finishing- point, but in between created a period piece with its own unique voice.The result should satisfy those drawn to the fictions of the 19th-century, or Poe, or indeed to crime writing at its most creative.’ Spectator
‘Like Poe’s fiction,Taylor’s beguiling story and atmospheric evocation of Regency London and the winter landscapes of Gloucestershire cry out for a wingback chair by a blazing chair. Hugely entertaining.’ Observer
Interweaving real and fictional elements, ‘The American Boy’ is a literary historical crime novel in the tradition of ‘An Instance of the Fingerpost’ and ‘Possession’.
England 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after a bank collapses. A man is found dead and horribly mutilated on a building site. Another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials. A deathbed vigil ends in an act of theft. A beautiful heiress flirts with her inferiors. At the edge of all these mysteries is the American boy Edgar Allan Poe, brought to England by his foster father and sent to the leafy village of Stoke Newington to be educated.
Drawn into this web of intrigue is a poor schoolmaster, Thomas Shield, who struggles to understand what is happening before it destroys him and those he loves. But the truth, like the youthful Poe himself, has its origins in the new world as well as the old.
‘The American Boy’ is a 21st-century novel with a 19th-century voice. It is both a multi-layered literary murder mystery and a love story, its setting ranging from the coal-scented fogs of late Regency London to the stark winter landscapes of rural Gloucestershire. And at its heart is the boy who does not really belong anywhere, an actor who never learns the significance of his part.
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession. Edgar Allan Poe is the American boy, a child standing on the edge of mysteries. In 1819 two Americans arrive in London, and soon afterwards a bank collapses. A man is found dead and horribly mutilated on a building site. An heiress flirts with her inferiors. A poor schoolmaster struggles to understand what is happening before it destroys him and those he loves. But the truth, like the youthful Poe himself, has its origins in the new world as well as the old. The American Boy is a 21st-century novel with a 19th-century voice. It is both a multilayered literary murder mystery and a love story, its setting ranging from the coal-scented urban jungle of late Regency London to the stark winter landscapes of rural Gloucestershire. And at its centre is the boy who does not really belong anywhere, an actor who never learns the significance of his part. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9280565
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0002983707
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 41553807-6
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 46005348-6
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