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An intricate and very bookish mystery novel—set, in fact, in the rarefied world of book collecting and dealing—from the sophisticated Spanish author of The Flanders Panelnot reviewed. The story begins with the hiring of professional "book- hunter" Lucas Corso by Boris Balkan, a translator and collector who seeks authentication of a handwritten manuscript chapter of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers that has fortuitously, as they say, come into his The Club Dumas. Traveling back and forth The Club Dumas Paris and Madrid, Corso matches wits with Liana Taillefer, whose husband's suicide was somehow connected with his ownership of the Delomelanicon, an illustrated medieval volume said to contain secret instructions for summoning the The Club Dumas, and of which only two other copies are known to exist. Corso is soon involved in a byzantine international intrigue carried on by those who want, or have information about, the Dumas chapter and the infernal Delomelanicon, including: urbane and ruthless bookseller Varo Borja; an aged German baroness; a threatening man with a facial scar whom his quarry Corso bemusedly nicknames "Rochefort" after Dumas ; and a preternaturally self-possessed teenaged girl who says she's Irene Adler this being the name of Sherlock Holmes's most infamous mystery woman. Perez-Reverte plaits The Club Dumas these teasing strands together with imperturbable skill, leaving the reader wondering until almost the final pages The Club Dumas the significance of his seductive title, and the allegation that Alexandre Dumas's narrative genius was the result of his pact with Satan. A lot happens in this novel, despite its constant recourse to prearranged meetings and extended conversations, and its enormity of detail about the nuts and bolts of book manufacture, publishing, searching, and dealing. Bibliophiles will love this witty and clever fabrication, though its very specialized The Club Dumas may place it just outside the range of the general reader. The Club Dumas talented Bennett fuels her fiction with secrets—first in her lauded debut, The Mothersand now The Club Dumas the assured and magnetic story of the Vignes sisters, light-skinned women parked on opposite sides of the color line. The novel opens 14 The Club Dumas later as Desiree, fleeing a violent marriage in D. Marrying a dark man and dragging his blueblack child all over The Club Dumas was The Club Dumas step too far. Stella, ensconced in White society, is shedding her fur coat. Jude, so Black that strangers routinely stare, is unrecognizable to her aunt. All this is expertly paced, unfurling before the book is half finished; a reader can guess what is coming. Bennett is deeply engaged in the unknowability of other people and the scourge of colorism. The scene in which Stella adopts her White persona is a tour de force of doubling and confusion. Bennett keeps all these plot threads thrumming and her social commentary crisp. In the second half, Jude spars with her cousin Kennedy, Stella's daughter, a spoiled actress. A love letter to the power of books and friendship. Women become horseback librarians in s Kentucky and face challenges from the landscape, the weather, and the men around them. Alice thought marrying attractive American Bennett Van Cleve would be her ticket out of The Club Dumas stifling life in The Club Dumas. But when she and Bennett settle in Baileyville, Kentucky, she realizes that her life consists of nothing more than staying in their giant house all day and getting yelled at by his unpleasant father, who owns a coal mine. And even though all this makes Margery a town pariah, Alice quickly grows to like her. Alice spends long days in terrible weather on horseback, The Club Dumas she finally feels happy in her new life in Kentucky, even as her marriage to Bennett is failing. She writes about Kentucky with lush descriptions of the landscape and tender respect for the townspeople, most of whom are poor, uneducated, and grateful for the chance to learn. Although Alice and Margery both have their own romances, the true power of the story is in the bonds between the women of the library. They may have different backgrounds, but their commitment to helping the people of Baileyville brings them together. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing in? Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. 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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently The Club Dumas Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Sonia Soto Translator. Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found dead, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three The Club Dumas, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for The Club Dumas and unscrupulous clients. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris on the killer's trail in this twisty intellectual romp through the book world Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published May 1st by Mariner Books first published More Details Original Title. Lucas Corso. Madrid Spain. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Club Dumasplease sign up. I really liked this along with The Flanders Panel. Hope you enjoy th …more The Prague Cemetery and Foucoult's Pendulum, both The Club Dumas Umberto The Club Dumas are great and at the same line with the Reverte novels you mention. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did! Does anyone know where to find an eBook of this book in Spanish? I have been searching everywhere and am having a hard time locating one not to mention a Spanish eBook store. P Conn I live in Spain and buy ebooks in spanish The Club Dumas Fnac. It is the most popular book store here, similar to Barnes and Noble. See all 5 questions about The Club Dumas…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Club Dumas. Nov 02, Will Byrnes rated it really liked it Shelves: The Club Dumas. When a famous collector is found dead, he is called in to authenticate what is supposedly an original manuscript chapter of The Three Musketeers. He is subsequently engaged to find the remaining known copies of a mysterious book that may have the power to summon Satan himself. The flap copy portrays The Club Dumas as in intellectual thriller and it is indeed that. It would help to be familiar with the work of Dumas, but still fun even in the absence. There are references aplenty that presume an eidetic memory of great The Club Dumas, or, in the absence of that, at least an eagerness to engage the Google engine to add some light. Whether the refs are obvious or require research, the author makes this a fun-filled journey, The Club Dumas puzzle with literary clues and a surprise ending. Quite recommended. View all 10 comments. Feb 11, Stephen rated it it was amazing Shelves: award-nominee-world-fantasy6- star-booksall-time-favoritesbooks-about-books, mysteryangels-demons-heaven-hell. Another book on my list of "All The Club Dumas Favorite" novels. This is a book that I started reading with very high expectations and, lo and behold, those expectations were actually met if not exceeded. This book had so many aspects to it that were right in my wheelhouse. First, it is set in the world of rare book collectors with endless references to rare editions to excite the book nerd in us all. Second, there are two related subplots involving i an original manuscript of The Three Muske 6. Second, there are two related subplots involving i an original manuscript of The Three Musketeers that tracks the life of Alexandre Dumas and explores many of his works and ii a rare book written in and reputed to have been written in partial collaboration with Satan himself that contain puzzles that need to be solved in order to [??? Third, you have a superb main character in Lucas Corso, a cynical, amoral book detective played very well by Johnny Depp in the film version known as The Ninth Gate. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth etc. Add The Club Dumas of that up and you have what the front of the book accurately describes as "a beach read for intellectuals. View all 7 comments. May 28, Fabian rated it The Club Dumas liked it. Its brilliance is subtle, the prose is accessible, the themes are grand. How hard, really, is the creation of a postmodern "beachbook"? And to wrangle with the conventions without overstepping unto dreaded cliche Very difficult, and this novel does not quite cross into the inanity of Jasper Fforde's terrain nor into the uber-popular, comical "A beachbook for intellectuals" NY Times indeed! Very difficult, and this novel does not quite cross into the inanity of Jasper Fforde's terrain nor into the uber-popular, comical turf of Mr. Dan Brown. It is original and entertaining in equal measure. It is, perhaps, one of the sole post-modern neonoir contenders to be The Club Dumas unto the Must List. I know now why: the book is a minor gem whereas the film is a major flop. Did you know that only half almost, precisely of the book exists in that cinematic format? View all 3 comments. Apr 24, Kiersten rated it did not like it. After reading Jeri's review, I don't really have a lot to add. I thought the premise was interesting, but the climax was disappointing, the characters were one-dimensional this might have been purposeful, as he was trying to draw parallels to Dumas' book, but didn't really work for meand the was protagonist off-putting. I wasn't bothered by the details about bookbinding and famous books The Club Dumas much; those, in my opinion, were more interesting than the The Club Dumas itself. I think one of the problems wit After reading Jeri's review, I don't really have a lot to add. I think one of the problems with the book was that the The Club Dumas took two plots that could have been very interesting if fleshed out on their own the devil book story and The Club Dumas Anjou wine story and tried to mash them together. The result: neither was really fully developed. Each plot line just seemed to get in the way of the other. Also, I really thought that if Corso talked about the girl's light green eyes or the way she smelled like "youth and fever" one more time, I was going to have to flush the thing down the toilet. View all 8 comments. Apr 16, mark monday rated it liked it Shelves: blood-and-dangermnemonic-devices. View all 13 comments. Jul 22, Scurra rated it it was amazing Shelves: mystery. This book is a confidence trick. I mean that in the most complimentary way possible however; Perez- Reverte takes a perverse delight in not just yanking the rug out from under you but The Club Dumas rebuilding the house around you while you are reading, without you noticing until it is almost too The Club Dumas Put simply, this is a Quest novel. The protagonist Corso takes the Hero's Journey and all the archetypes are present and correct - indeed, one of them may be more of an archetype than even Corso or This book is a confidence trick. The protagonist Corso takes the Hero's Journey and all the archetypes are present and correct - indeed, one of them may be more of an archetype than even Corso or the reader suspects - and yet neither Corso nor the reader are truly aware of what quest they are actually on. It also falls into that group of novels that require other reference points to properly appreciate. Just like a whole layer of Bridget Jones' Diary is lost if the reader is not well acquainted with Pride and Prejudice, so too The Dumas Club is much better if you've read the d'Artganan books notably The Three Musketeers. And the clever intertwining plotlines that keep the reader as baffled as Corso, whilst allowing you to remain just that half-a- step ahead is a fine juggling act that only really loses its way The Club Dumas at the end indeed The Ninth Gate - the film version - manages to improve on the ending of the book, although it should be observed that it only does so by abandoning one whole half of the plot! And this hook also belongs in that The Club Dumas group of novels in which the illustrations form an essential part of the plot I can only think of Jasper Fforde 's First Among Sequels that uses illustrations as an integral part of the story in a similar way. So, despite the small flaw in the ending which doesn't truly diminish the book, but is disappointingthis is a genuine classic.