The Death of Achilles - Couverture rigide

Akunin, Boris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1873567715 ISBN 13 : 9781873567715

Editeur : Scorpion Press, 2005

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

With The Death of Achilles, the hilarious and dashing Erast Fandorin, Akunin's debonair Russian Sherlock Holmes, just seems to get better and better ... unputdownable and great fun ... a stunning continuation of form from a Russian author whose thriller writing is world-class (Sunday Express)

This fourth book in Akunin's series of detective novels starring dashing hero Erast Fandorin will not disappoint fans of the first three, or indeed any connoisseur of detective fiction ... a witty, rip-roaring thrill-fest (Time Out)

A stunning continuation of form from a Russian author whose thriller writing is world-class (Sunday Express)

A winning combination of crime fiction and adventure story as if Flashman were frisking through a tale by Dostoevsky (Independant)

The Death of Achilles may be historical pastiche but its wit and invention are a source of constant wonder ... All in all, a delicious confection (Evening Standard)

With The Death of Achilles, the hilarious and dashing Erast Fandorin, Akunin's debonair Russian Sherlock Holmes, just seems to get better and better...Akunin is more like Agatha Christie meets James Bond: his plots are intricate and tantalising...They are unputdownable and great fun...This is a stunning continuation of form from a Russian author whose thriller writing is world-class. (Viv Groskop SUNDAY EXPRESS (7.8.05))

I always enjoy Akunin's novels, Fandorin with his deductive genius, ninja skills and his bizarre winning streak in games of chance, seens almost too impressive. (Stuart Kelly SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY (7.8.05))

The Death of Achilles may be historical pastiche but its wit and invention are a source of constant wonder...All in all, a delicious confection. (Mark Sanderson EVENING STANDARD (15.8.05))

The Death of Achilles offers agreeable entertainment. It is written with great assurance and much invention. It is a literary equivalent of a pavlova. (Allan Massie THE SCOTSMAN (13.8.05))

This all terrific fun...There is plenty of the stuff you want from detective fiction: murderous dexterity acquired after long years of suffering; exotically lethal weaponry...; treachery in high places and detective genius, but Akunin is a fine novelist as well. The plot of Achilles is cleverly structured to reveal clues from both detective's and the villain's point of view. (Toby Clements TELEGRAPH (20.8.05))

Présentation de l'éditeur :

International intrigue, professional rivalry, the criminal underworld of nineteenth-century Moscow, and an irresistible femme fatale: if Erast Fandorin was hoping for a quiet homecoming, he is about to be disappointed.
Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow after an absence of six years, only to find himself instantly embroiled in court politics and scandal. His old friend General Sobolev - the famous 'Russian Achilles' - has been found dead in a hotel room, and Fandorin suspects foul play.
Using his now-famous powers of detection - powers that belie his twenty-six years - Fandorin embarks on an investigation, during which the political and the personal may become dangerously blurred. With the assistance of some formidable martial arts skills, acquired whilst Fandorin was in Japan, our eccentric and ingenious hero must endeavour to discover not so much whodunit, as why ...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scorpion Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1873567715
• ISBN 13: 9781873567715
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 330