Critique of Criminal Reason: 1 (Hanno Stiffeniis Mysteries) - Softcover

Gregorio, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312378033 ISBN 13: 9780312378035

Verlag: Minotaur Books, 2008

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Book by Gregorio Michael

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"Superb."
---"The Scotsman"
"Michael Gregorio's "Critique of Criminal Reason "is a marvelous highbrow thriller. It combines a tremendous gift for describing a place and time in history--in this case, Konigsberg in the winter of 1804--with a hard-driving plot and a sense of the fledgling tools of reason fighting a desperate battle against those of violence and superstition. The indefatigable hero has the flaws of a man of his time; violence and a sometimes brutal way with his inferiors, yet there is never a point where we do not want him to win."
---C. J. Sansom, author of "Dark Fire "and "Dissolution"
"ÝGregorio's¨ re-creation of the starched world of nineteenth-century Prussia, the gothic crimes that take place, and the man trying to track down the killer, are refreshingly different and satisfyingly complex."
---"Publishing News "(UK)
"An evocative picture of a nineteenth-century city. . . . We get a sense of the tension whipped to fever pitch by rumors of Napoleon's advancing army and the Jacobins rumored to be plotting to destabilize the city."
---"Scotland"" on Sunday""
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" Superb."
---"The Scotsman"

" Michael Gregorio' s "Critique of Criminal Reason "is a marvelous highbrow thriller. It combines a tremendous gift for describing a place and time in history-- in this case, Ko nigsberg in the winter of 1804-- with a hard-driving plot and a sense of the fledgling tools of reason fighting a desperate battle against those of violence and superstition. The indefatigable hero has the flaws of a man of his time; violence and a sometimes brutal way with his inferiors, yet there is never a point where we do not want him to win."
---C. J. Sansom, author of "Dark Fire "and "Dissolution"

" [Gregorio' s] re-creation of the starched world of nineteenth-century Prussia, the gothic crimes that take place, and the man trying to track down the killer, are refreshingly different and satisfyingly complex."
---"Publishing News "(UK)

" An evocative picture of a nineteenth-century city. . . . We get a sense of the tension whipped to fever pitch by rumors of Napoleon' s advancing army and the Jacobins rumored to be plotting to destabilize the city."
---"Scotland"" on Sunday""
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"One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts." ---"The Washington Post"

"Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy "The Critique of Criminal Reason,"" ---"Houston Chronicle"

"Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist."---"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

“One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts.” ---"The Washington Post"

“Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy "The Critique of Criminal Reason".” ---"Houston Chronicle"

 

“Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist.”---"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

"One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts." ---"The Washington Post"

"Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy "The Critique of Criminal Reason."" ---"Houston Chronicle"

"Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist."---"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts. "The Washington Post"

Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy "The Critique of Criminal Reason." "Houston Chronicle"

Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist. "Publishers Weekly (starred review)""

One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts. The Washington Post

Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy The Critique of Criminal Reason. Houston Chronicle

Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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"One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts." --The Washington Post

"Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy The Critique of Criminal Reason." --Houston Chronicle

"Admirers of quality intellectual ?ction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reseña del editor:

Arriving in the city of Königsberg to help solve a strange series of murders, young detective Hanno Stiffeniis joins forces with his mentor, philosopher Immanuel Kant, to track down the serial killer terrorizing the city, in a historical mystery set in early nineteenth-century Prussia, at the dawn of the Enlightenment. A first novel. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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• Verlag: Minotaur Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312378033
• ISBN 13: 9780312378035
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400