The Book of Air and Shadows - Softcover
A clever, pacey thriller set around the search for a lost Shakespearean play.
A lost manuscript and it’s secrets buried for centuries.
An encrypted trail that leads to incalculable wealth.
A distinguished Shakespearean scholar tortured to death.
All clues inn a dangerous hunt to find a hidden treasure that men are willing to kill – and die – for...
DROWNED BOOK is a complex, tricksy, action-packed literary mystery tale. It centres upon the book of the title –which might just be the long-lost autograph manuscript of Shakespeare's last play 'Mary Queen of Scots', written to rehabilitate the new King's mother in the minds of the nation; and offers the reader entrance into a world in which antiquarian books collectors, bookbinding experts, literary academia, intellectual rights lawyers and Russian gangsters butt up against one another in a thoroughly violent but engaging and page-turning fashion.
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"In this ingenious literary thriller from Gruber, the lives of two men are changed forever by William Shakespeare and the letters of Richard Bracegirdle, a 16th-century English spy and soldier. . . They mysterious murder of a Shakespearean scholar, shootouts in the streets of Queens and an unlikely romance all combine to make for a gripping, satisfying read."
Publishers Weekly (*starred review*)
"A wonderful story with absolutely superb casting."
Kirkus Reviews (*starred review*).
"Gruber deftly raises the thriller stakes and accelerates the plot while still creating convincing personal journeys. . . All that and a tantalizing imagining of Shakespeare's personality, too."
Booklist (*starred review*).
"Not since A.S. Byatt's Possession (1990) has an author so successfully combined literary puzzle, tempestuous duplicity, human adventure and good old-fashioned story-telling. Gruber's highly recommended novel about the search for that which would be 'the greatest single event in Shakespeare studies' – a quest full of chases, murders, mysteries and eccentric characters – is engaging, fast-moving and hilarious.
Don't miss it!"
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Michael Gruber has a Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of Miami. He lives in Seattle, Washington, and is currently at work on another novel.
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- PublisherHarper
- Publication date2075
- ISBN 10 0060874473
- ISBN 13 9780060874476
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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