The Book Depository The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza
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Description: The Athenian Murders : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9780349116181 : 0349116180 : 05 Dec 2002 : * Inside an ancient Greek murder story lives a modern day literary murder mystery. * A brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. The Book Depository The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780349116181
MPN: 0349116180
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Author: Ashtree
Rating: 5
Review: (NO SPOILERS) How many more times must I buy this book? I first read it years ago. It was one of the few books that grabbed me on the first page and actually managed to keep me 'grabbed' until the last. I didn't see the surprise ending coming, and (at the risk of offending people cleverer than myself) I would kinda doubt the honestly of ANYONE who says they saw it coming. If I had to make a list of my all time favorite books, this would be up in the top 5 or so. And for me it's stood the test of time, because I first read it nearly 10 years ago. My friends all love it too, alas. It's the kind of book that you get excited about, and want to share. So I keep lending each new copy to friends. Unfortunately, THEY get excited, and share it too, forgetting that it was MINE! But seriously, this is an excellent mystery with one of the biggest twists ever. I don't want to start telling you what it's about, and I strongly advise against reading any reviews that do. Just buy it, start reading, and let yourself be sucked in. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars!
Author: Richard M Marshall
Rating: 1
Review: It's clunky and the artifice of the translator and the footnotes are just annoying. Gosh the book is talking to the translator. Again. Gosh. It was irritating the first time, now it is thoroughly stupid. Also annoying are the interjections of ancient greek words as a superficial display of erudition. There's gratuitous violence and general unpleasantness throughout, as well as repeatedly describing how beautiful the teacher thought the young men were. Gave up at about a third of the way through. Really don't care what happens to the characters.
