This text was very disappointing and tiresome, particularly in comparison to The Dante Club. " I suppose it is not very fair to base judgment of a novelist's second book on his first, but I shall do so anyway. I probably should not have listened to it while driving b/c I had to "back it up" a few times to make sure I didn't miss any details. Anyone who likes a good mystery mixed with history will love this book. " What a good audio book! It was very Sherlock Holmes. Now imagine that you lose all of your money, family, dignity, and everything that you can call yours, because you were chasing nothing. Imagine yourself stalking the ghost of something, a memory of something. " Being a huge fan of everything Poe, I snagged this book up. I'm going to change this back to still reading, but it is an extremely hard, very boring read. Incredible historical detail at, at times, I almost felt transported to the era. " I found this book to be quite enjoyable with many interesting facts and educated suppositions about Edgar Allan Poe and his final days. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Pearl does a fantastic job of mimicking Poe's theory of ratiocination throughout the text disguised as stream of consciousness." "An intensely riveting, psychological, historical portrayal of a man who becomes so obsessed with Poe's life and death that he seemingly becomes the writer himself.
History with sublime craftsmanship and devious twists to create a beautifullyĭetailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.
The bestselling author of The Dante Club has once again crossed literary Must become a master investigator himself.ĭrawing on original, groundbreaking research, If Quentin is to escape Poe’s grisly fate, he Sinister machinations involving international political agents and the lost Poe’s brilliant fictional detective character, C. Realizes that he must find the one person who can help: the real-life model for The puzzling circumstances and unanswered questions of Poe’s demise, he
Who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a crusade to salvage Poe’s. Everyone seems toĪccept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgracefulĮnd-except for a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer Pearl’s exclusive audio afterword on the truth behind Poe’s death!īody of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave.
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