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delphipsmith ([personal profile] delphipsmith) wrote2009-04-29 08:21 pm
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::: The Book of Air and Shadows (Gruber)

Hm. The author's bio says he's been a marine biologist, chef, hippie, policy analyst, and political speechwriter. I don't know about all that but he can certainly crank out a terrific page-turner. This book was great fun (and it wasn't even on my to-read list!). Distinguished Shakespearian scholars (two), kidnappings (three), gangsters (Russian AND Jewish), attractive women with mysterious pasts (two -- or is it one?), and an ex-con Jesuit priest, all bundled together with transcontinental intrigue, four-hundred-year-old ciphers, vicious academic rivalry, and lots lots more. A nice way to spend a few days. Now I have to go read his other books :)

[identity profile] kilter.livejournal.com 2009-04-30 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
I loved that book! Well, I love anything involving literary intrigue, but that one completely sucked me in.

Have you read The Thirteenth Tale by Diane somebody or other? LOL Completely different setting and characters. A little Emily Bronte (well, Charlotte, too, for that matter). A little Daphne de Maurier. But it has its own share of literary intrigue (albeit centering around a fictitious writer).