Aristotle And Poetic Justice - Hardcover

Doody, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712615601 ISBN 13: 9780712615600

Publisher: Century, 2002

Synopsis

330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates the spirits of the dead passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos, son of Nikiarkhos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Someone has snatched her from her home, but what is the motive: rape, a forced marriage or murder? All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle. Stephanos and Aristotle pursue them but along the way there are plenty of distractions: it's spring time and the country is full of reborn life, the thought of romance and marriage is never far from young Stephanos' mind, and rumours of mysterious strangers passing in the night abound, of disguises and swapping of identity. Then the actuality of murder shatters the idyll. It seems that there is a psychopath on the road pursuing abductor and heiress. But who the abductor is and who the murderer is are mysteries that only Aristotle with the aid of the Delphian oracle will be able to solve.

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Review:

It is a bonus that it is so well written. -- Times Literary Supplement, June 2002

Why did no one think of this before? -- The Times on Aristotle Detective

Wit in a first novel is rare enough, and when allied to the skilful unravelling of a murder story it makes us doubly grateful for Aristotle -- The Daily Telegraph on Aristotle Detective

eminently enjoyable... moves along at a commendable lick -- Colin Dexter on Aristotle Detective

From the Publisher:

The author has received delighted fanmail since the Italian Publication, expressing great admiration and comparing her novels to Conan Doyle. One writer said that he had been enchanted with her work, and called it sublime. She has been praised for giving the detective novel a new energy and focus, with excellent characterisation and descriptions of 4th century Athens, which she brings back to vibrant life. Margaret Doody's elegant prose style has also won her many admirers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0712615601
• ISBN 13: 9780712615600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336