The Icon - Couverture souple

Olson, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749936649 ISBN 13 : 9780749936648

Editeur : Piatkus Books, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Matthew Spear, a young curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, meets the lovely Ana Kessler, an art dealer who has inherited an impressive group of pieces, he discovers a prize:the collection includes the Holy Mother of Katarini -- a sacred icon long thought destroyed. But while Matthew recognizes the Icon's value as a work of art, he also discovers that it may carry a far greater significance.

Soon Matthew discovers that he has a strange and more personal connection to the Icon -- one that thrusts him into a Byzantine web of death and deception. All involved believe the Icon to be a source of fantastic and inexplicable power, and all were somehow connected to the events that transpired during World War II. As he experiences the peculiar resonance of Icon, Matthew begins to see that the only way out of his entanglement is to discover what really happened in the past. Before he walks into the harrowing situation that will decide who lives and who dies, Matthew will be forced to re-examine virtually every aspect of his life -- the loyalties within his family, his feelings for Ana, and even the question of his own faith.

In a stunning debut that spans more than half a century and two continents, The Icon asks us to reach into the very heart of all our questions about faith, power, and love.

Revue de presse :

"A remarkable thriller with a marvelously intricate plot, real characters, credible dialog, and a literally terrific climax." (Michael Gruber, author of TROPIC OF NIGHT)

"Lively, convincing dialogue...alive with small insights that bolster characterizations and advance the plot...THE ICON delivers intricate excitement." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

"Thought-provoking ... gracefully written and meticulously plotted, with characters that engage your attention from the start and hold it throughout." (Philadelphia Inquirer)

"Double and triple crossings keep things moving in this first thriller from Olson." (Kirkus Reviews)

"THE ICON is a complex, multi-layered tale of betrayal ... will keep you reading well into the small hours." (Peter Robinson, author of STRANGE AFFAIR)

"Richly readably...memorable...vivid." (Chicago Tribune)

"Fast-paced ... the action is gripping, and the quest for the ever-illusive icon [ties] it all together." (Booklist)

"[A] gripping, intelligent, first novel of art thievery, treachery, and revenge." (Publishers Weekly)

"Double and triple crosses, secrets and tense family relations propel [THE ICON]...A literate thriller [that] makes an impressive mark." (Detroit Free Press)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Piatkus Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0749936649
• ISBN 13: 9780749936648
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368