The Thousand - Brossura

Guilfoile, Kevin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 140007827X ISBN 13: 9781400078271

Casa editrice: Vintage Books, 2011

Riassunto

Math whiz Canada Gold is busy putting her skills to questionable use in the courthouses—and casinos—of Las Vegas when a case sends her back to Chicago, a city marred by personal tragedy. It’s been years since her father, a prominent composer, was murdered while working on his magnum opus. The crime remains unsolved... at least until Canada realizes that she’s being pursued by The Thousand, a clandestine group of powerful individuals safeguarding and exploiting the secret teachings of Pythagoras. But as Canada attempts to connect the ancient cult with her father’s murder, she finds herself caught between three very dangerous sides: those who want to use her, those who want to kill her, and the one person who wants to save her.

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“Guilfoile’s fast and furious new thriller... is jet-fueled by its author’s unerring sense of character and his nimble, fleet-footed prose.” —The New York Times
 
“The Thousand is thrilling, intellectually stimulating, and has some of the most vivid characters in contemporary literature.” —Chicago Tribune 
 
“Canada Gold is an emotionally realistic superhero.” —Los Angeles Times
 
“A fast-paced thriller about perception, ambition, friendship, family, and the real powers that could rule our world.” —The Huffington Post

“A taut suspense thriller about a gifted girl and the ancient cult that wants to use her mental abilities for its own sketchy ends.” —Entertainment Weekly 
 
“Takes math team to a new level . . . . Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are understandable, but The Thousand is less about the secret or the secret society than the dozen characters ensnared by it, characters strung out between the pursuit of power and self-preservation. . . . Humor is not lost in The Thousand, which has the sly repartee of people keeping secrets.” —Time Out Chicago
 
“The Thousand, which involves Pythagoras, Mozart’s Requiem Mass, and intuitive art, shows Guilfoile’s in-depth knowledge of music, mathematics, history, pop culture and philosophy. Set in Chicago and Las Vegas, the new novel has every vivid detail down pat when it comes to the sights, smells and particularly the attitudes of the two cities.” —Chicago Sun-Times
 
“Guilfoile has the amazing ability to create perfect order out of what should rightfully be utter chaos. . . . Pitch-perfect. . . . Truly special. . . . He’s managed to take heavy-hitting concepts like the relationship between math and magic . . . as well as the moral implications of advanced scientific research and testing and wrap them up in a package as enticing and thrilling as any Hollywood blockbuster; but more intelligent. . . . What The Da Vinci Code wants to be when it grows up . . . and it still won’t be close.” —Savannah Morning News
 
“The Thousand is a deftly original conspiracy thriller . . . with roller-coaster pacing and cracking good characters. Canada Gold gives Lisbeth Salander a run for haute female warrior of the year.” —Winnipeg Free Press
 
“Even when I was otherwise occupied, I could not get The Thousand or its characters out of my mind. All I wanted to do was find a well-lit corner and read this riveting work, which is equal parts courtroom thriller, police procedural and antiquity hunt, with a dose of conspiracy and paranoia thrown in for good measure. And when I did, all else ceased to exist.” —Joe Harlaub, Bookreporter.com
 
“Reading The Thousand is . . . a little like riding a roller coaster blindfolded: You can never anticipate the book’s next hairpin turn, and it has enough steep drops to keep the adrenaline pumping.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
 
“Guilfoile’s intimate prose works well in developing a large cast of characters. . . . Guilfoile also offers a familiar and humorous portrait of the Windy City, mostly through the eyes of a weathered south-side cop who loves his work, his booze, Mr. Beef, and Columbia College coeds half his age.” —Chicago Reader

L'autore:

Kevin Guilfoile has written for McSweeney’s, Salon, The Morning News, and The New Republic. His first novel, Cast of Shadows, has been translated into more than fifteen languages. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.

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• Editore: Vintage Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 140007827X
• ISBN 13: 9781400078271
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 428