Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas and Emily De Quincey)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (762 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008TUNSUW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 541 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fact and Fiction Mix for a Great Thriller!" according to George Lichman. Crime fiction. Historical fiction. Thriller. Police procedural. All can describe Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell, author of at least twenty-nine novels and six non-fiction books, including First Blood and Rambo. Despite his success as an author, Murder As A Fine Art is my first experience with Morrell. The book, set in 185Fact and Fiction Mix for a Great Thriller! George Lichman Crime fiction. Historical fiction. Thriller. Police procedural. All can describe Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell, author of at least twenty-nine novels and six non-fiction books, including First Blood and Rambo. Despite his success as an author, Murder As A Fine Art is my first experience with Morrell. The book, set in 1854 London, was inspired by the works of author Thomas De Quincy, who is most well known for a series of essays Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, which was later published as a book. The essays are autobiographical, and tell the story of a life li. London, was inspired by the works of author Thomas De Quincy, who is most well known for a series of essays Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, which was later published as a book. The essays are autobiographical, and tell the story of a life li. Murder As A Fine Art A few weeks ago a friend came over for dinner and seeing me sprawled out on our couch, book in hand, astutely asked what I was reading. A slow smile crept across my lips as I considered my response. I had to be careful. I was hanging on every word of the deliciously dark historic thriller, in love with every lurid detail, but how best to explain my enthusiasm for a book on sadistic serial killer left me in a bit of fix. The book in question was David Morrell's Murder as a Fine Art.Now, having finished the piece and struggling to do it justice in a review, I find myself in m. Steven Warner said Drugs, Harlots, science and Blood. David Morrell has been a favorite since I took his course on the American novel at Iowa during the time he was writing First Blood. It's been awhile. But I became curious to see what he had been up to. And I'm glad I did. Superb language supports a quirky architecture for a wonderful story that truly brings the reader boots deep in the muck of 19th century England. The story is action filled suspenseful and as well an investigative mystery. Sex. Violence. Murder. Drugs. As well as thought provoking characters. I'm not a good enough writer to be able to explain how much fun
ALA Reading List Award for Best MysteryGASLIT LONDON IS BROUGHT TO ITS KNEES IN DAVID MORRELL'S BRILLIANT HISTORICAL THRILLER.Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier.The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives.In Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell plucks De Quincey, Victorian London, and the Ratcliffe Highway murders from history. Fogbound streets become a battleground between a literary star and a brilliant murd