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Starred Review. Bayard follows Mr. Timothy (2003), which brilliantly imagined the adult life of Dickens's Tiny Tim, with another tour-de-force, an intense and gripping novel set during Edgar Allan Poe's brief time as a West Point cadet. In 1830, retired New York City detective Gus Landor is living a quiet life at his Hudson Valley cottage, tormented by an unspecified personal sorrow, when Superintendent Thayer summons him to West Point to investigate the hanging and subsequent mutilation of a cadet. Poe aids Landor by serving as an inside source into the closed world of the academy, though Poe's personal involvement with a suspect's sister complicates their work. But the pair find themselves helpless to prevent further outrages; the removal of the victims' hearts suggests that a satanic cult might be at work. This beautifully crafted thriller stands head and shoulders above other recent efforts to fictionalize Poe.
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'Hardback fiction worth looking out for' -- Publishing News 20051111 'A most satisfying murder mystery' -- Bookseller 24 Feb 20051111 "In THE PALE BLUE EYE, Louis Bayard pays a stunning and fitting tribute to Edgar Allan Poe -- not only in his crafting of a twisty, Gothic mystery that would have delighted the master himself, but in his use of a young Poe as a character. A gorgeous, melancholic tale from a fearless writer. I can't wait to see what Bayard does next." -- Laura Lippman, author of To the Power of Three 'A Dickensian thriller strong on atmosphere' -- Sunday Telegraph "Louis Bayard is a writer of remarkable gifts: for language, for imagination, for that mysterious admixture of audacity and craftsmanship that signals a major talent in the making." -- Joyce Carol Oates 'A tour de force, an intense and gripping novel ! This beautifully crafted thriller stands head and shoulders about other recent attempts to fictionalise Poe' -- Publishers Weekly 20060424 'A fictional mystery in a real historical background' -- Sunday Telegraph 20060528 'The Pale Blue Eye kept me transfixed! a moody, cunning mystery ! In the course of the narrative, Bayard ingeniously weaves in motifs from Poe's work to thrilling effect' -- Observer/Review:Peter Gutteridge 20060618 'An immensely satisfying whodunit, richly imaginative! Good, clean homicidal fun.' -- The Times: Kate Saunders 20060617 'Bayard's shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental new mystery reads like a lost classic ... Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the 19th century as if he'd witnessed it firsthand' -- New York Times Book Review 20060701 'As gory and melodramatic as Poe's own writing! brilliantly plotted and completely absorbing, ending with the kind of shock that few novelists are able to deliver.' -- Sunday Times / Culture 20060709 'Dazzling' -- Scotsman 20060624 'Pearl's clever factional-fictional story fits together perfectly' -- Saga 20060624
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