The Poison Belt - Couverture souple

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Sweet, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843911825 ISBN 13 : 9781843911821

Editeur : Hesperus Press Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Summoned by their eccentric friend Professor Challenger, Malone, Summerlee and Ruxton travel from London to Challenger's country estate, brandishing bemusedly at the behest of their host's several canisters of oxygen. As the journey progresses, journalist Malone recounts tales of strange goings on around the world, and the behaviour of all three men grows increasingly erratic. Reaching a pinnacle of bafflement, they arrive at the house of the outlandish Professor and are regaled with an eccentric theory relating their experiences to apparent impending apocalypse. A dramatic departure from detective fiction from the perennially popular creator of Sherlock Holmes,The Poison Belt is an important document in the history of science fiction and affords a valuable glimpse of Conan Doyle's incredible creative range.

Revue de presse

'It's always nice to see Conan Doyle's non-Sherlockian work in print: there is a new edition of 'The Poison Belt'...with an interesting introduction by Matthew Sweet; he suggests that the real value of the book 'is not the efficacy of its crystal-gazing, but in its exploration of the mechanics of early twentieth-century despair.'' --Spermaceti Press

'Conan Doyle uses this apocalyptic scenario to put into the mouths of his characters grandiose reflections on the insignificance of human life on earth' --The Evening Standard

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1843911825
• ISBN 13: 9781843911821
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 98