The Blood Doctor - Rilegato

Vine, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 1400045045 ISBN 13: 9781400045044

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Biographer Martin Nanther becomes fascinated by the life of his ancestor, Henry Nanther, physician to Queen Victoria's family and a specialist in hemophilia, whose fascination with blood may have driven him down dark, violent, and criminal paths.

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Recensione:

“When Ruth Rendell, already the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world, launched a second byline, Barbara Vine, she actually stepped up her writing level.”—Time

“Rendell interweaves her characters’ lives and occupations and recreations. But then that has always been her chief strength—showing how one person’s pathology can conjoin with another’s innocence or self-delusion, along with an accidental catalyst or two, to form patterns of beautiful, believable, frightful intricacy. . . . She herself disproves a principle—that a small, carefully tended output is what a writer should aspire to. Ruth Rendell is a kind of open floodgate, and we are lucky to be awash in her splendid books.”—Washington Post

“Rendell builds plots the way the Romans built bridges, erecting graceful, arching affairs that soar high because they are sunk deep and cost a human life or two.”—New York Times Book Review

“It isn't enough to say that when Ruth Rendell writes as Barbara Vine she moves from detective stories to psychological suspense. Yes, the Vines are both psychological and suspenseful, but they are always something more as well. The characters are twisted in a hard-to-define but distinctly unsettling way; the plots circle around themselves, moving steadily closer to an inevitable but unpredictable cataclysm; and, above all, the building tension is internalized by both the characters and the reader.”—Booklist

“Barbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche.”—P. D. James

“A writer whose work should be read by anyone who enjoys brilliant mysteries or distinguished literature.”—Scott Turow

L'autore:

Barbara Vine’s acclaimed novels include A Dark-Adapted Eye, Anna’s Book, and, most recently, Grasshopper. Ruth Rendell’s novels, whether published under her own name or under her Barbara Vine pen name, have won numerous awards, including three Edgars and four Gold Daggers.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1400045045
• ISBN 13: 9781400045044
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 369