![]() ![]() Suspense-filled and ingenious, Perez-Reverte's latest (after The Flanders Panel) is also something of a primer on the rare-book business and a witty meditation on the relationship between book lovers and the texts they adore. As the action shifts from Madrid to Portugal to Paris, the intrepid, bad-tempered, gin-swilling Corso encounters a host of intriguing characters, including devil worshippers, obsessed book collectors and a hypnotically appealing femme fatale. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. What begins as a straightforward assignment soon complicates into a bewildering tangle of literary gamesmanship as the book detective finds himself swept into a real-life adventure-serial and crime novel rolled into one. The Club Dumas - Kindle edition by Perez-Reverte, Arturo, Soto, Sonia. When a wealthy cookbook publisher and bibliophile is found hanged in his study, leaving behind an original handwritten chapter from Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, antiquarian book dealer Flavio LaPorte asks his friend Corso to authenticate the manuscript. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 23 (362pp) ISBN 978-0-15-100182-8 More By and About this Authorchevronright Featured. The hero of Spanish author Perez-Reverte's freewheeling, ambitious literary mystery is Lucas Corso, an itinerant rare-book hunter who'd gladly sell his grandmother for a first edition. ![]()
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So does Chetan Bhagat, India s most loved writer, in What Young India Wants, his first book of non-fiction. The 208-page book is the first non-fiction book from the entertaining author, influenced by the many motivational speeches he has given. Key Features The book is ideal for those who want to understand the issues faced by contemporary India. ABOUT THE BOOK Why do our students regularly commit suicide? Why is there so much corruption in India? Can t our political parties ever work together? Does our vote make any difference at all? We love our India, but shouldn t some things be different? All of us have asked these questions at some time or the other. What Young India Wants was published in 2012 and is available in paperback. In his latest book, What Young India Wants, Chetan Bhagat asks hard questions, demands answers and presents solutions for a better, more prosperous India. ![]() |