false 3488704 176566 110076 0060733977 9780060733971 155 <![CDATA[The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171631063m/110076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171631063s/110076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110076.The_Pale_Blue_Eye_A_Novel 3.64 504 Mr. Timothy, which brilliantly imagined the adult life of Dickens's Tiny Tim, with another tour-de-force, an intense and gripping novel set during Edgar Allan Poe's brief time as a West Point cadet. In 1830, retired New York City detective Gus Landor is living a quiet life at his Hudson Valley cottage, tormented by an unspecified personal sorrow, when Superintendent Thayer summons him to West Point to investigate the hanging and subsequent mutilation of a cadet. Poe aids Landor by serving as an inside source into the closed world of the academy, though Poe's personal involvement with a suspect's sister complicates their work. But the pair find themselves helpless to prevent further outrages; the removal of the victims' hearts suggests that a satanic cult might be at work. This beautifully crafted thriller stands head and shoulders above other recent efforts to fictionalize Poe.]]> 63723 3.62 1424 422 2005 0 2009-07-01T05:18:44-07:00 960064 432 2009-07-01T05:18:44-07:00 0 2009-06-29T05:55:34-07:00 950285 405 2009-06-29T05:55:34-07:00 0 2009-06-21T09:54:05-07:00 915900 326 2009-06-21T09:54:05-07:00 0 2009-06-17T06:02:04-07:00 898364 292 2009-06-17T06:02:04-07:00 0 2009-06-15T05:48:01-07:00 888481 272 2009-06-15T05:48:01-07:00 0 2009-06-05T07:21:36-07:00 847048 172 2009-06-05T07:21:36-07:00 0 2009-06-03T05:56:22-07:00 837379 110 2009-06-03T05:56:22-07:00 0 2009-06-02T06:01:15-07:00 833040 100 2009-06-02T06:01:15-07:00 0 2009-05-28T05:32:14-07:00 812621 80 2009-05-28T05:32:14-07:00 0 2009-05-26T05:51:48-07:00 803102 70 2009-05-26T05:51:48-07:00 0 2009-05-18T16:54:17-07:00 772974 20 2009-05-18T16:54:17-07:00 2 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 24 22:34:29 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 09 06:00:10 -0700 2009
this book is interesting. the color, language and characters are very much rooted in the period, and in that way this book is excellent. the main 2 characters are drawn quite richl...more...]]>