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This was a very odd book unlike anything I've ever read. Fortunately, it was a very intriguing odd book, but also a book that required a vast literary background to really understand. Every other word seemed to be an allusion to some famous classic. Besides the fact that you MUST have read The 3 Musketeers before this book, other recommended titles include: The Count of Monte Cristo, Twenty Years After, Paradise Lost, Dante's Inferno, Mutiny on the Bounty, Notre Dame de Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac
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Good mystery - just bordering on the supernatural without ever really going there, but it keeps you wondering.Perez-Reverte is a good writer. I'll have to read more by him. A friend of mine lent me this one. It turns out I have another of his books, Captain Alatriste, in a stack I haven't gotten to yet.
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A somewhat strange book. Croso finds rare books for exclusive clients. He ends up with an original chapter of The Three Musketeers and a rare book on how to summon the devil. He's chased around by people resembling characters from The Three Musketeers. It was interesting to read but very odd.
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